Armadillo Aerospace Flight Paves Way For Science Payloads

Matt_dk writes "Armadillo Aerospace conducted two groundbreaking atmospheric test flights this weekend with their 'Mod' vertical-takeoff-vertical-landing rocket, a vehicle familiar to anyone who has followed NASA's Lunar Lander Challenge competitions. Flying from their test facility in Caddo Mills, Texas, Armadillo Aerospace first completed a milestone flight under a NASA contract, using methane fuel and liquid oxygen as propellant. Later that same afternoon, a second successful low-altitude flight was performed using a 'boosted hop' trajectory of the same type that will be used for suborbital flights to space."

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Anonymous Coward

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm glad John Carmack is doing something cool like this but are we geeks past this "Carmack is Jesus" thing?

IMO John and Id Software haven't really been relevant since 1998 or so, the industry has moved on.

Caddo Mills?

[Anonymous Coward]

I used to live there, nothin but steers & queers.

armadillos

[Anonymous Coward]

crunchy armadillos