John Carmack's Test Liftoff a Success

brainstyle writes "Space.com is reporting that John Carmack of Armadillo Aerospace (and who apparently has some game design hobby) has had a successful launch of the prototype of its entry in the X-Prize. From the article: 'I had tried several algorithms on the simulator before settling on this one, and it behaved exactly the same in reality, which is always a pleasant surprise.'"

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Lame response

[amightywind]

This is the standard response from your typical slashdot idiot whenever they read criticism of any kind. What about the fact that I don't have Bill Gates billions? Fact is Carmack has more money (and graphics programming ability) than sense. His amateurish experiments are not noteworthy and diminish more serious efforts of other competitors.

Oh ya. I have progressed to a 4 foot model using 2 G engines. It flies to 3000' and exceeds the speed of sound in flight. You can find commercial gasoline/hydrogen-peroxide-water fueled models that fly to 6000'. Perhaps Carmack should have bought one of those and made a press release.