And this is what John Carmack does with his time and money now.

I had seen a video of Pixel(the one with the four spherical tanks) attempt one of the Lunar Lander Challenge competitions. It landed about a foot off the pad and busted one of it's legs, they tried a repeat, but the missing leg threw off the flight charateristics and caused a crash.

They have a lot of videos at their site:
http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home
http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home/News?news_id=337

Good crash video, of one of the other designs:
http://media.armadilloaerospace.com/2004_08_08/48InchCrash.mpg

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Great post!! Coincidentally I was just reading the cover story in Wired Magazine about the new Space Race. I don't think Armadilllo got much mention - but they probably deserve it. I've been following their progress for a few years. I didn't know they were so far along. The modular system is pretty unique - and it looks like it would work.

Just thinking of the math though - I would think those little rockets would use up their fuel pretty quick. So that means that although they have the power to get to orbit - it would have to be a quick ride, with uncomfortable G-forces.

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