• Question: will jetpacks be used in the near future?

    Asked by u want rice 21 to Aislinn, Fiona, Nathan, Padraic, Sinead on 30 Jan 2015.
    • Photo: Sinead Quirke

      Sinead Quirke answered on 30 Jan 2015:

      Unlikely as you need a lot of fuel to operate for just a couple of minutes which makes IT very expensive and personally the suit you need to wear to protect from burns would ruin my clothes and my hair !!!!!!

    • Photo: Padraic Morrissey

      Padraic Morrissey answered on 31 Jan 2015:

      Jetpacks like in films are probably going to be very hard to make due to the huge amount of power they need, like Sinead mentioned. Something that is kind of similar is called a “water jet pack” which looks like a lot of fun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im1iNq02Kz0)

      I think for the moment that’s the closest we’ll get to a real life jet pack!

    • Photo: Aislinn Coghlan

      Aislinn Coghlan answered on 2 Feb 2015:

      Hi!
      Like the others said above, jetpacks aren’t very energy efficient. And if you think about the ones in movies, they wouldn’t be very safe as the exhaust is right beside your bottom! Exhaust fumes are generally very hot and would burn you.

    • Photo: Nathan Quinlan

      Nathan Quinlan answered on 4 Feb 2015:

      There are working jet packs! I remember one of them (actually, a rocket pack) flew into the stadium in an Olympic opening ceremony when I was a kid – here’s a video. The Martin Aircraft Company wants to sell you one, but let’s wait and see!

      Astronauts use them on spacewalks (video). It’s easier (in some ways) to design a jetpack for space, since it doesn’t have to fight gravity out there.

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