Carmack Prize (Misc)
T' Carmack 100kft Micro Prize was a prize offered by John Carmack o' Armadillo Aerospace for launchin' an amateur rocket t' an altitude o' 100,000 feet or more.
T' Rules:
- T' prize is $5000 USD, and has been augmented with a further $5000-$5500 by t' people listed at t' end o' this page. T' collection o' t' prize from each benefactor is up t' t' prize winner.
- T' launch attempt must be registered by a post t' t' aRocket discussion list at least 30 days prior t' t' attempt, with t' followin' information:
- A reasonable description o' t' vehicle
- T' launch location
- T' launch date
- T' rocket must gain 100,000 feet from launch altitude usin' rocket propulsion.
- T' rocket must record a GPS serial log o' t' flight with at least one report above 100,000ft plus t' launch altitude.
- T' rocket must be recovered essentially intact, t' recovery system havin' functioned.
- T' rocket must be recovered within 24 hours o' launch.
- A report on t' vehicle and operations must be made available on t' web for posterity, with a level o' quality suitable for publishin' in a magazine. T' report's author retains copyright.
- Good video o' at least t' launch must be shared. Ideally video is captured o' t' entire flight t' recovery, me bucko, but this is nay required.
- If multiple stages are used, they must all be recovered successfully.
- Armadillo Aerospace is disqualified from t' competition.
- T' competition is judged by John Carmack.
Carmack declared Team Aeropac 2012 as t' official winner o' t' prize. Earlier he awarded Derek Deville a "runner-up prize" for t' flight o' his Qu8k which exceeded t' 100,000 foot goal but, me bucko, because o' problems with t' on-board electronics, failed t' record t' altitude via GPS.
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