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this is the same guy that also builds rockets in his spare time http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armad

this is the same guy that also builds rockets in his spare time http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home

mkramlich 16y ago
Yep and the other major figure, along with Elon Musk, who first made his fortune in software, and then later leveraged that to get into making innovative rocket ships. Imagine Carmack and Musk getting together on some project, maybe throw in Dean Kamen, and tremble.
- lotusleaf1987 16y ago
  Dean Kamen....? Really?
  - jacquesm 16y ago
    Dean Kamen is one very smart cookie and to have a serial inventor like that on board could definitely be an asset for any venture. The fact that not all his inventions take off is something I think we can excuse him for, and I'm sure that millions of dialysis equipment users world-wide would agree on that.
  - muhfuhkuh 16y ago
    No? How about James Dyson?
  - swah 16y ago
    Look at you. Now look at him (http://infosecurity.us/images/Dean_Kamen_IBot.jpg http://infosecurity.us/images/Dean_Kamen_IBot.jpg). Now back to you. Now him again. Sadly, you aren't him.
    - lotusleaf1987 16y ago
      I just don't see Dean Kamen's fit with Elon Musk and Carmack.
- petercooper 16y ago
  Imagine Carmack and Musk getting together on some project, maybe throw in Dean Kamen, and tremble. Dream teams aren't always a good idea. If you could magic together Rowling, Tolkien, and Lovecraft, could they produce a work that bettered their individual efforts? If Wozniak, Bushnell, and Sinclair had grouped together in the early 80s to build a computer, would it have been better than their individual efforts? I don't know the answer but my personal hunch in both cases is "no" because the potential for personal glory and realizing an individual vision is diminished significantly. That doesn't drive everyone, but it drives enough of the greats to be relevant.

this is the same guy that also builds rockets in his spare time http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home

mkramlich 16y ago

Yep and the other major figure, along with Elon Musk, who first made his fortune in software, and then later leveraged that to get into making innovative rocket ships. Imagine Carmack and Musk getting together on some project, maybe throw in Dean Kamen, and tremble.

lotusleaf1987 16y ago
Dean Kamen....? Really?
- jacquesm 16y ago
  Dean Kamen is one very smart cookie and to have a serial inventor like that on board could definitely be an asset for any venture. The fact that not all his inventions take off is something I think we can excuse him for, and I'm sure that millions of dialysis equipment users world-wide would agree on that.
- muhfuhkuh 16y ago
  No? How about James Dyson?
- swah 16y ago
  Look at you. Now look at him (http://infosecurity.us/images/Dean_Kamen_IBot.jpg http://infosecurity.us/images/Dean_Kamen_IBot.jpg). Now back to you. Now him again. Sadly, you aren't him.
  - lotusleaf1987 16y ago
    I just don't see Dean Kamen's fit with Elon Musk and Carmack.
petercooper 16y ago
Imagine Carmack and Musk getting together on some project, maybe throw in Dean Kamen, and tremble. Dream teams aren't always a good idea. If you could magic together Rowling, Tolkien, and Lovecraft, could they produce a work that bettered their individual efforts? If Wozniak, Bushnell, and Sinclair had grouped together in the early 80s to build a computer, would it have been better than their individual efforts? I don't know the answer but my personal hunch in both cases is "no" because the potential for personal glory and realizing an individual vision is diminished significantly. That doesn't drive everyone, but it drives enough of the greats to be relevant.