Maverick Rocketeers Pursue Space Access

Mad.Scientist writes "This article at Space.com is about mavericks who are trying to lessen the cost of going into space. One of the companies, Armadillo Aerospace, is founded by John Carmack, who is also a founder of Id Software, and the brain behind games such as Doom or Quake. I just have to say, godspeed to all." Carmack is only one of the people mentioned in this story, but see our previous story for more on Carmack's rocketry habit.

Comments

hmmm

[Graspee_Leemoor]

id software just get their hands into everything don't they? What next- doom 2000 in space?

(And, by the way, FIRST POST from a logged-in high karma user where the post is on-topic!)

hahaha is this a joke

[HanzoSan]

Carmack actually thinks hes qualified to do what hes doing? Hes a computer programmer!!! a GAME programmer at that!

This is just funny.

It would be diffrent if a scientist with a PHD in physics were doing this, but john carmack?! How many off you would put your life in the hands of john carmack?

Re:hahaha is this a joke

[HanzoSan]

Wheres the simulations?

I want to see statistics they've gotten from simulations, and these sims better use REAL LIFE physics not game physics.

I want to know how they designed the craft, if its aerodynamic, how much heat it can handle, the weight, etc.

Unless you know all of that, you dont even know if the thing will work, and you still have to calculate the physics exactly, and the math, as well as the timing.

This is where i think carmack might screw up.

Alright slash editors

[Ironpoint]

We know you're trying to drum up some traffic using cheap tricks.

If Carmack posts, you know every game site on the web will link to slashdot, giving slashdot a 'quad damage' to its server stats and ad revenue.

Re:mavericks, outsiders, rabblerousers, troublemak

[Shadowhawk]

Whatever you call them, rebels have defined our history from Day One. The first to rebel against conventional wisdom? Eve. We're still recovering from the fallout from that ordeal.

Funny, I don't recall hearing that Slashdot is uniformly Christian/Creationist. In fact, I would hazard a guess that Slashdot has much more diversity in religion than the general US population. Why don't you keep your religious bias inside your religious community? It might be welcome there. There are few enough females in IT/CS/whatever for someone to start spewing about Adam and Eve on Slashdot.

• Offtopic, I know, but who needs Karma? ;)