The Rocket Racing League debuted its premier flight vehicle July 29 when veteran pilot and former NASA astronaut Rick Searfoss maneuvered the liquid oxygen- and kerosene-fueled rocket through a straightforward pattern during a flight that lasted approximately 10 minutes from takeoff to landing. "Everything went exactly as planned, exactly as practiced," said Granger Whitelaw, co-founder and chief executive officer of the Rocket Racing League. "It performed exactly as we had laid out for the flight." Whitelaw, a veteran of the Indianapolis 500, joined with Ansari X Prize founder Peter Dia-mandis to found the Rocket Racing League in 2005. The men envisioned combining human spaceflight with NASCAR-style racing in the sky, and have planned a series of events this year showcasing the new sport.
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机译：火箭赛车联赛于7月29日首次亮相其首款飞行器，当时经验丰富的飞行员和前美国国家航空航天局宇航员里克·塞弗斯（Rick Searfoss）以直截了当的方式操纵了液态氧和煤油燃料的火箭，飞行过程从起飞到着陆持续了大约10分钟。火箭赛车联盟（Rocket Racing League）联合创始人兼首席执行官格兰杰·怀特劳（Granger Whitelaw）说：“一切都按计划进行，完全按照惯例进行。” “它的表现完全符合我们在飞行中的布局。”怀特劳（Whitelaw）是印第安纳波利斯500的元老，与安萨里X奖创始人彼得·迪亚曼迪斯（Peter Dia-mandis）一起于2005年成立了火箭赛车联盟。这些人设想将人类太空飞行与NASCAR式空中竞速相结合，并计划了一系列活动今年展示了这项新运动。
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