QuantumG

John Carmack asking a question on Kristian Von Bengtson's IAMA.. this is almost enough to make me read Reddit again (almost).

That said, I lost a good part of my enthusiasm in Copenhagen Suborbitals when you abandoned the Tycho Brahe design. It was unique and that's worth something. If I want to see another ruddy capsule splash about in the water, I'll follow slow-as-molasses Orion developments at NASA.

Similarly, I miss seeing Armadillo Aerospace vehicles do graceful vertical landings. Your GPS guided ballutes are awesome John but after years of saying vertical landing is where it's at, I think we all were a little sad to see you abandon it.

You're reliant upon donations, so you have to remain interesting. I think I've donated in every campaign. Your love for the original design was shared by us and something was lost when it was abandoned.

I'll give another example. You're currently still pursuing a sea-launch paradigm. If, sometime in the future, you discover that ground launch is a heck of a lot easier and decide to go that route instead, you'll lose a little more of your uniqueness.

I hope I've been constructive here. Thanks for making yourself available here.

Capsules look like they do because they need to go through reentry heating.. period.

CS isn't doing an orbital vehicle (yet).

Also, people saying I sound stupid is one of the many reasons I don't bother coming to reddit anymore. Learn some civility.

CS doesn't plan to fly more than one person.

Do you care to dig yourself into a deeper hole or would you just like to give up now and admit that you're just being a jerk for no reason, maybe get some therapy (or just stop using Reddit).