Few rocket industry executives get as much media exposure as Tim Pickens. The rocket-powered bicycles and jet packs he assembles in the workshop he calls a “man cave” have been featured on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” and National Geographic Channel’s “Mad Scientists.” Pickens also is scheduled to appear this fall on National Geographic’s “Rocket City Rednecks.”

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