WASHINGTON — Those of you pondering the future and wondering where your jetpack is, take heart: A human pilot flew a real jetpack for 20 glorious seconds in front of a packed crowd here Saturday (May 17) at the "Future is Here" festival, hosted by Smithsonian Magazine. The pilot flew around inside the cavernous atrium of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The demonstration was the jetpack's first indoor flight in the United States, apart from the company's warehouse. The jetpack is fueled by hydrogen peroxide and nitrogen gas, which react in the presence of a silver catalyst to produce jets of compressed steam that provide the necessary thrust, company officials said.
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