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Armadillo Rocket Makes A (Short) Manned Hop

Posted by timothy on from the 6-seconds-is-still-cool dept.

riney writes "w00t! John Carmack and crew at Armadillo Aerospace have gotten their first man in the air. Six seconds of perfectly controlled flight with human passenger. See their site for details and video."

3 of 167 comments (clear)

  1. Wow by mtnharo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No comments, and their server is gone (I get "Connection was refused..." from Mozilla whether I click the link or type it in myself). Impressive, most impressive.

  2. Goodbye server by dr_dank · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Houston, we have a problem...

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    Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
  3. Slashdot out-does itself by weasel47_3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Tried to access the site in mention and this is what I get - NOT JOKING. --------- Too many users... blah blah blah Probable cause: http://www.slashdot.org Try again in a few seconds... -xian@idsoftware.com ----------- What intersts me is the IDSOFTWARE.COM address. Does DOOM have anything to do with this?