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X Prize Race Heats Up

Posted by michael on from the stand-waaaaay-back dept.

evenprime writes "Armadillo Aerospace have already done a drop test, and Burt Rutan's company Scaled Composites did a second flight test of their launch plane/spacecraft combination on July 3. SC haven't posted the results yet, but when they do you will find them here. Sadly, PanAero doesn't appear to be doing that well. Although I like their "Junkyard Wars" technique, it doesn't look stuffing rockets in the back end of a business jet will build a legitimate contender."

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  1. Armadillo by tra2499 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's interesting to note that Carmack, with Armadillo Aerospace, is taking more of an Open-Source approach to the X-Prize by participating in mailing lists and discussing various aspects of his designs with others in the rocketry community. While he's not going full-disclosure, he's at least sharing a lot more than Rutan.

    I'm cheering for Armadillo.

  2. To the PanAiro folks. by AltGrendel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't do it. It'll void your warranty.

    --
    The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination

    - Douglas Adams