How do jetpacks work? And why don't we all have them? - Richard Browning
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In 1961, Yuri Gagarin piloted a spacecraft in humanity’s first manned space flight. A week later, Bell Aerosystems debuted a gas-powered rocket pack that could fly 35 meters in 13 seconds. Unfortunately, engineers knew this short flight was all the rocket pack could muster. So why was a massive spacecraft easier to send flying than a single pilot? Richard Browning investigates.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Richard Browning, Debbie Browning
- Director Mitch Hearn, Lisa Vertudaches
- Narrator Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Storyboard Artist Mitch Hearn
- Animator Mitch Hearn, Lisa Vertudaches
- Compositor Mitch Hearn
- Art Director Mitch Hearn, Lisa Vertudaches
- Music Cem Misirlioglu
- Sound Designer Cem Misirlioglu
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Jennifer Nam