[TheForge] OT - Privately funded manned space flight.

[Gabriel]

That'd be John Carmack, of iD software and Armadillo Aerospace.  They're 
the most open of the X-Prise competitors that I've seen. 
http://www.armadilloaerospace.com for their project.  It's really spiffy 
stuff.

Gabriel (who has woefully little blacksmithing content to provide)

K Donahoe wrote:
> Does anyone recall what happened to the fellow that was distilling H2O2 for
> rocket fuel?  I believe he was in Eastern Oregon... hadn't heard anything of
> him for a couple years.  IIRC he'd bought a surplus Russian astronaut suit
> and all.