“Blow Your Socks Off,”<\/a> it tells the story of the development of the original Bell Rocket Belt. There are even a couple of nifty short movies, with that kind of “Gee Whiz, Jimmy” ”60s space age narrative that we all know and love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking of rocket belts, I just put up a piece I did for Discovery Online in 1997, for their Alt.Tech column, which I contributed to for awhile. Called “Blow Your Socks Off,” it tells the story of the development of the original Bell Rocket Belt. There are even a couple of nifty short movies, with … <\/p>\n
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Speaking of rocket belts, I just put up a piece I did for Discovery Online in 1997, for their Alt.Tech column, which I contributed to for awhile. <\/p>\n