Armadillo Aerospace
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Armadillo Aerospace was an aerospace startup company based in Mesquite, Texas. Its initial goal was to build a crewed suborbital spacecraft capable of space tourism, and it had also stated long-term a
Captive test flight of Armadillo Aerospace's Pixel rocket before the 2006 X-Prize Cup
Pixel attempting level 1. White tanks are insulated and contain liquid oxygen, grey tanks contain ethanol.
"Mod" vehicle taking off at LLC 2008
John Carmack with Mod vehicle in 2008
OTRAG
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The OTRAG rocket was a West German modular satellite-delivery rocket developed by the OTRAG company in the 1970s and 80s. The OTRAG rocket was to become a rocket built up from several mass-produced un
Armadillo Aerospace
…Inc. Carmack stated in his monthly reports and in forum posts that he expected his path to an orbital vehicle to include modular rockets similar to OTRAG technology. Lutz Kayser, the founding engineer of OTRAG, visited Armadillo in May 2006 and loaned Carmack some of their original research hardware. "I…
OTRAG concept
OTRAG CRPU