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1 Amateur Rocket Crashes, Another Explodes

Posted by timothy on from the eggs-striving-to-be-omelets dept.

prostoalex writes "A 23-foot-long space rocket carrying 3 dummies exploded in the Pacific Northwest after reaching about 200 feet. The team was competing for Ansari X Prize, offering $10 million to the team that successfully completes a low-budget private space rocket capable of carrying men into space. Google News offers more perspectives into the event, the team is saying the rocket, whose parachute malfunctioned, would have to be rebuilt." And AmiNTT writes "Everygeek's favorite rocketeers over at Armadillo Aerospace have suffered a fairly serious setback over the weekend - the crash of their 48-inch vehicle link in a test hop at their 100 acre test field. Of course there is video and pictures - 2 3... This setback should keep them from flying for about five weeks, but will give them a chance to make some design changes. I'm sure they will be back better than ever. (Armadillo have shown up on Slashdot many times in the past.)"

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  1. In other news by dotslasher_sri · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In other news, webservers at Armadillo Aerospace crashed and exploded after their files have been directly linked on front page of /.

  2. Slashdotted by vikstar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hmm, looks like they've already redirected funds from web servers to the project.

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  3. Duumy? by complete+loony · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You'd have to be a dummy to fly on their XPrize attempt...

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