For those interested in following the progress:

http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/

I didn't catch if that site had been posted yet in the thread or not, And
an article on gamespy.com talks about John and his adventures:
http://www.gamespy.com/gamespin/september01/gamespin25/

I think they humorously under-rate him when refering to some of his crash
film footage:

"I think after you see it you'll realize that when it comes to building
rockets, Carmack is a great game developer."

Good fun,
Jay



On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Russell McMahon wrote:

> [OT]: How to succeed in a pioneering enterprise
>
> The title is mine.
> I thought some may appreciate this advice from someone who SHOULD know what
> they are talking about.
> The advice relates to how to build rockets that will take people to orbit
> BUT it is written by John Carmack, a man who has already "made his fortune"
> as one of the founders of ID Software (Doom and family) and MAY translate
> into electronic entrepreneurial activities..
>
> John is now attempting to do the above while still not quitting his day job.
> I believe he has budgeted $US1M for this project AND hopes to make money
> from it AND expects to have 3 people flying to 100 km within the next few
> years. So far he has unmanned "rocket-ships" flying round the ID Software
> car-park under better control than almost anything rocket powered I've heard
> of.
>
> Makes making a revolutionary PIC project sound like a doddle :-)
>
>
>         RM

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