10 August 2004, 00:55 by mark hoekstra

John Carmacks hobby

Well, as it seems, John Carmack is team leader and co-founder of Armadillo Aerospace, one of the competitors for the Ansari X Prize, which is offering $10 million to the team that successfully completes a low-budget private space rocket capable of carrying men into space.

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...but, as it seems, they’ve had quite a bad day few days ago as their 48 inch vehicle crashed in a test-field…. link

a mirror of the crashvideo is to be found here

... imho another good reason to buy your copy of Doom3... don’t you think? (besides the fact that it’s a groundbreaking game)

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