From Quake to Space?

Post by **R.Flagg** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:09 pm

http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home

Hehe, interesting.

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:39 pm

...can anyone enlighten me on this topic?...

neolith · Post by **neolith** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:30 pm

LOL, so that's what people do with their money when they already own a few Ferraris...

The_0men · Post by **The_0men** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:51 pm

??? They buy an armadillo?

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:11 pm

The_0men wrote:??? They buy an armadillo?

aww,and i was starting to forget the pinhead avatar

Someone of ID buyed a spacecraft?

jb · Post by jb » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:01 pm

There is a contest called the Xprize that offers 10 Million dollars to the first comerical team to asseble a vechile that can cary 3 people into space. Turn around and do it again in 2 days. The idea is to get the best and brightest of the world to help make space travel more of a reality. Hope that this race will help create technolgy for cheap, efficent and reusable space craft to carry people to space. Sadly for gamers John's team does not stand much of a chance to win as one group is really close and John's last rocket test crashed.

neolith · Post by **neolith** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:22 pm

jb wrote:... and John's last rocket test crashed.

So did my Doom3 yesterday.
I have this picture in my head of EPIC investing into space travel, too. Imagine their first manned missile go into space and go boom. I know someone who's comment will be "That's EPIC's fault."

nighthawk · Post by **nighthawk** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:27 pm

with Epic or John we can be sure of one thing.. their launch date will be " When it's done" !!!

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:56 pm

nighthawk wrote:with Epic or John we can be sure of one thing.. their launch date will be " When it's done" !!!

they wont copy eachother

John:When its done!!!111!!!
Epic(if rein is in):In Two weeks from now

jb · Post by jb » Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:01 pm

Looks like space ship one (Rutan's team) has won the xprize.