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John Carmack's Test Liftoff a Success

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the skyrockets-in-flight dept.

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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  1. Re:Gun ownership is INALIENABLE tsarkon reports by escallywag · · Score: 0, Troll
    a well-regulated militia...

    Somehow I don't think the framers were thinking of trailer trash gun nuts and wanna be gangsta rappers when they wrote "a well regulated militia"....

    But then again I don't live in the US so I don't care if you USians shoot each other at a rate of roughly 10000/year over your precious 2nd amendment...