Seven years ago, in uncertain times fraught with peril, the president challenged this great nation to, by the end of 2011, rocket-jump and safely land a Spartan from one tower to the second on the Halo: Combat Evolved level “Halo.” The nation’s greatest minds set about to solving and answering this urgent national [[link]] priority. And, against formidable odds, yet determined to win in the face of repeated failure, they have at last succeeded.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); This was a stunt deemed impossible from the day it was conceived in 2004. But the great rocket-jumping race that followed, between Boofass and Duelies, delivered amazing technological advances, ennobled the best and brightest of a new generation [[link]] of scientists, and invented Tang. Many [[link]] lives were lost. We remember them here (and you had better goddamn well salute when you watch). But finally, on June 4, 2011, Duelies completed the first tower-to-tower rocket jump in Halo: CE. And for a brief moment, Duelies became the greatest Spartan anyone had ever seen. (*hums “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”*) Why rocket-jump between the two towers? You may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 84 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? [via Reddit]