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Re:Elon Musk of SpaceX: The Goal is Mars by spearo77 on Thursday August 02, 2012 @07:43PM (#4331676)
Could we consider Armadillo Aerospace a competitor? John Carmak et. al. http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/
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Re:Elon Musk of SpaceX: The Goal is Mars by padraigm on Friday August 03, 2012 @02:38AM (#4332855)
I had forgotten that Armadillo Aerospace existed. Do they consider themselves to be a serious competitor? In other words do they actually employ engineers and design rockets, or are they just talking about it?
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Re:Elon Musk of SpaceX: The Goal is Mars by Lerc on Friday August 03, 2012 @07:40AM (#4333551)
"Armadillo Aerospace has been officially granted a full commercial launch license by the FAA. Paying payloads launching next month. "

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/228858210327609344

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Re:Elon Musk of SpaceX: The Goal is Mars by maaku on Thursday August 02, 2012 @11:45PM (#4332423)
No. But you might consider Sierra Nevada Corp, Boeing, or ATK as competitors.
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