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
OTRAG concept
OTRAG CRPU
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
OTRAG
…2009, Lutz Kayser had been advising Interorbital Systems, resulting in a similar modular rocket design for their Neptune series. John Carmack, CEO of Armadillo Aerospace met with Lutz Kayser, the founding engineer of OTRAG, in May, 2006 who loaned Carmack some of their original research hardware. "I have been corresponding…
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