# Why doesn't everyone have a jetpack?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Richard Browning
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_browning_why_doesn_t_everyone_have_a_jetpack)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1961, Yuri Gagarin piloted a spacecraft in humanity's first manned space flight. A week later, Bell Aerosystems debuted a gas-powered rocket pack that could fly 35 meters in 13 seconds. Unfortunately, engineers knew this short flight was all the rocket pack could muster. So why was a massive spacecraft easier to send flying than a single pilot? Richard Browning investigates. \[Directed by Mitch Hearn and Lisa Vertudaches, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott, music by Cem Misirlioglu\].

## Lectures

1. [Why doesn't everyone have a jetpack?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/richard_browning_why_doesn_t_everyone_have_a_jetpack/396a3ca3641e), 5 min (TED's player)