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Armadillo Aero One Step Closer To Space

Posted by timothy on from the junior-birdman dept.

RobertB-DC writes "The folks at Armadillo Aerospace have taken another step toward the X-Prize, dropping their re-entry vehicle from 2000 feet with no major problems noted. As usual, the Armadillo crew documented the event with text, pictures and video, and the story is also covered by Space.com (though without as many cool technical details). It's a bumpy ride, though -- instruments recorded some 10 G's on touchdown."

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  1. 10 Gs? by LeoDV · · Score: 4, Funny

    Were their inertion dampening fields down?

  2. Finally! by cybermace5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now they're getting somewhere. John Carmack finally quit trying to win the prize by running at brick walls and firing a Stinger missile at the ground.

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  3. Break even? by grennis · · Score: 5, Funny
    instruments recorded some 10 G's on touchdown

    I'm not sure how much it costs to put this thing up. But, at 10 G's per touchdown, a bunch of more of these and they may get close to breaking even!

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  5. Re:10Gs? by The+Dobber · · Score: 4, Funny


    Yeah, but they are probably in pretty good physical condition. Your average geek gets woozie just bending over to pick up that stray cheese doodle.