Rocket Racing League test video

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Rocket Racing League test video

10 April 2009, 15:16

The Rocket Racing League engine spec has changed and John Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace has won the contract to power the racers. MSNBC has a cool video of one of the RRL's test flights and I thought you guys would get a kick out of it - and yes, the plume has been colored with an additive.

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Yes...the same John Carmack of Doom & Quake fame - he's a newspace rocketeer to.

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10 April 2009, 16:24

This 7 minute WMV video from Armadillo Aerospace, shot newsreel style, has better RRL footage plus several minutes on their X-Prize lunar lander vehicle and a graphic of the rocket they plan on launching later this year at Spaceport America, New Mexico.

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