Roton Rocket – Visiting (1102)

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in California as Huell visits the Roton Rocket, an unsuccessful yet imaginative attempt by a private company to create the first single stage to orbit space vehicle. Theoretically, it could deliver cargo and people to space at a dramatically reduced cost as compared to today’s vehicles with its unique design allowing the rocket to take off and land vertically by using helicopter-type blades, or rotors.

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