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Ready for Liftoff.(rocket belt)(Brief article)
Byline: Jesse Ellison
Maybe the Jetsons weren't so farfetched. Juan Lozano, a jet-pack-obsessed Mexican inventor and founder of Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana, claims to have fulfilled his lifelong dream by designing a hydrogen-peroxide-powered personal rocket belt. And now it's for sale ...
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