John Carmack, the videogame programmer and cofounder of id Software, has a rocketry startup called Armadillo Aerospace.

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Legendary videogame designer John Carmack --creator of games like Doom and Quake, and founder of id Software --owns rocket-technology startup Armadillo Aerospace .

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Armadillo Aerospace announced that they have a license to lauch their STIG B-1 rocket on August 25 or 26, 2012 at the SpacePort American in New Mexico.

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His Armadillo Aerospace has had more than 100 test flights.

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Also in Texas, id Software founder John Carmack--the man who brought the world the Doom gaming franchise--has taught himself rocket science and is pushing his own space venture, Armadillo Aerospace.

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