Rocket Bike

"For rocket designer Tim Pickens, a rocket on two wheels is the next best thing to a spaceship. 'At heart we're a bunch of guys wanting to go to space, and we can't afford it,' says Pickens of himself and his rocket-scientist brethren, most of whom never get to ride their own creations. 'Basically it's my own subscale space program.'"

An early contender for the 2006 Darwin Awards.