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   Joann Evans to CA Zuke   
   Re: What happened to armadillo et al?   
   30 Jan 05 17:46:48   
   
   From: bondage@frontiernet.net   
      
   CA Zuke wrote:   
   >   
   > Hi   
   >   
   > I was wondering what happened to Armadillo aerospace? I haven't seen   
   > an update on their site since 6 Jan 05. Surely they are not giving up.   
      
      
      It's not unusual for gaps like this in their updates. Remember,   
   they're a small group *doing* things. There simply may not have been   
   anything worthy of updates as yet. John Carmack typically explains long   
   periods of quiet when they end.   
      
      
   > Also, even though the xprize is won, there should still be some very   
   > interesting thingss happening with Scaled composites. I suppose they   
   > will start to thing about designs etc for Virgin galactic and so on.   
   > Why don't we see ANY new coverage of all this?   
      
      
      Why should they give away any proprietary details to potential   
   competitiors? (And there are a couple.)   
      
      
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