ROCKET vs SUPERBIKE vs GOLF BALL

We ran across this video recently and, though the Sci-Fi-Techno excuse to include it on Starcruzer is rather thin - Richard Hammond is racing a rocket - it’s fun to watch.

It also reminds your Starcruzer crewchief of high-speed times on a Suzuki bike, a photographer hanging on the back, while snapping away over my shoulder. His target was the speedo needle passing the magic 100, before we ran out of the rather short runway. We made several passes, and got the shots, though the last run ended on the grass over-run area, and the front discs were glazed. Ah, fun memories!

Richard Hammond is of course best known for his regular Top Gear slot, that TV home of all that’s politically incorrect and max power to it for that. Hammond also starred in early series of the pop-science show Brainiac: Science Abuse, source of this video. It’s well worth seeing, if you can receive it. On the video, Hammond’s comment right at the end is priceless, though perhaps not quite the right words to choose on a broadcast show.