The apparatus he used, known as the Jetlev R200, is a water-propelled jet pack that can shoot a person 30 feet into the air and run for some 4 hours.

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The performance of a fountain -- as long as clients service those 500 jets that are supposed to shoot water 100 feet into the air -- is guaranteed for at least 40 years.

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Our goal will be to shoot out through the atmosphere, orbit in space, then fall back into the air when the bullet gets behind our head.

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