When I was a kid, I was enamored with the idea that I was going to get a jet pack.

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Simplified aid for EVA rescue, and that's the little cold gas jet pack that snaps to the bottom of your space suit backpack.

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In case you fall off the space station and don't listen to your mom's instructions, you can fly back with the little thrusters on that jet pack.

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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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Example, killing a guy on a jet pack can cause him to lose control and fly all over the place directionless, knocking down other enemies and stage objects while his arms flail around dynamically.

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"It's a bonding experience, one that very few people in the world have ever had, " said trainer Dean O'Malley, adding that first-time users typically managed to reach heights of 10 to 15 feet with the jet pack.

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Like my jet pack.

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Bill Gates in his private jet flies with more personal space than does Joe Six-Pack when making a similar trip on a commercial jetliner.

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Jet-Vac for instance was initially called Air-Hawk and had lights in his vacuum pack and was a whole range of colors before the design settled on the metallic blue look he has today.

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