This should be fun . . .

[billvon 3,130]

A weekend of manned rocketry projects down in New Mexico, including flights by Armadillo (the Doom geek's rocket) and the EZ-rocket, a rocket mounted on a Long-EZ platform.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051004_xprize_cup.html

[Guest]

William,

That's fascinating, and it's exciting to think about getting to ride one of those beasts.

However, I notice that the location is Las Cruces, NM...

...shouldn't it be...

...Truth or Consequences?



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"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[riddler 0]

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(the Doom geek's rocket)

For clarification, that would be John Carmack, one of the original creators of the popular video game "Doom". Here's a nice video of the most recent rocket crashing spectacularly.

Movies, rockets - I expect a line of fall-fashion accessories next.

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[Deuce 1]

That is great fun, Bill, and the sort of thing to inspire a whole new generation of engineers and scientists.

Even better that it's a private enterprise, and not a cautious forever-taking bureaucratic enterprise.

I think we ended the whole ass-out check out my slide rule calculations! kinda science at the beginning of Apollo. At some strange point, science became a geek thing, rather than an adventure thing.

This science as adventure thing will invigorate a whole generation of bright young minds.