German Rocket Car

First attempt: OK. Second attempt: not so much. The way they are covering up the car with a tarp at the end does not bode well for the fate of the driver.

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Comments

What was it about the cat? I would like to think that that wasn't the passenger in the second part of the film.

Posted by KDP on 06/01/22 at 09:47 AM

I surmise this is the RAK 3 mentioned in the Wikipedia article. Since it ran on railway tracks, it didn't really need a driver. Perhaps the cat was like the monkeys in the first space flights.

Posted by ges on 06/01/22 at 06:59 PM

On Run One, it looks like the rockets burned through the bodywork. Run Two finished the job and cost the passengers, man and cat, their lives.

Posted by eddi on 06/03/22 at 04:47 AM

Definitely a Darwin Award nominee, especially considering the looks of the bodywork after the 1st run.

Posted by Virtual in Carnate on 06/03/22 at 12:15 PM

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