John Carmack, the guy who wrote the Doom computer game is now designing rockets in Texas.

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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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On a hot June evening at a ramshackle former gliderport 30 miles east of Dallas, John Carmack's rocket engine lit up with its blue flame spewing from the nozzle.

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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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John Carmack's rockets are low-budget, but they work.

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