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Armadillo Aerospace Resurrected On Kickstarter By the Team Members
savuporo writes: Team members from John Carmack's defunct suborbital rocket company, Armadillo Aerospace, have re-launched the suborbital rocket project now as Exos Aerospace through a Kickstarter campaign. While original Armadillo efforts stopped just shy of actually getting to space, the team intends to pick up where they left off, rebuild and make it into a sustainable suborbital payload business. Carmack, while not involved, says their core is "arguably the most competent in suborbital alt-space."
There are multiple other small launcher startups springing up again across the globe — Rocket Labs recently unveiled their new engines, Firefly is making progress, and Lin Industrial also announced their rocket recently.
There are multiple other small launcher startups springing up again across the globe — Rocket Labs recently unveiled their new engines, Firefly is making progress, and Lin Industrial also announced their rocket recently.
What's the point in having sub-orbital rocket capability? I'm missing something.
Nope, you aren't missing anything. There are a few niche applications for sub-orbital launches, but not enough to sustain a business, which is why they are looking for spare change on Kickstarter. Getting to space is easy. Staying in space is hard. Randall Monroe explains it in this "What If".