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The world’s first commercial jetpack will cost $150,000 next year
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/26/worlds-first-commercial-jetpack-next-year
“Jetpacks could fly out of science fiction and on to the streets carrying first responders and millionaires next year.”

The US Army Was Promised Jetpacks, Too
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/what-happened-to-the-us-armys-jetpacks
“Despite movies and T.V. shows repeatedly telling us that personal jetpacks are right around the corner, the actual products have been expensive and impractical. But one company once tried to sell the US Army on the idea that jetpacks were the wave of the future.”
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