外国火箭爱好者的火箭成功升到12万英尺，极具震撼力（视频）

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Carmack 100kft Micro Prize

The Carmack 100kft Micro Prize
In discussions on the mailing list aRocket of the relative difficulty of launching a rocket to 100,000 feet, John Carmack established a $5,000 prize for the first person or group to reach that goal.

This page logs the rules set up for that competition, and archives the text of the emails that established the prize and its rules. If someone registers a launch attempt or wins the prize, that information will be recorded here as well.

The Rules:

    The prize is $5000 USD, and has been augmented with a further $5000-$5500 by the people listed at the end of this page. The collection of the prize from each benefactor is up to the prize winner.
    The launch attempt must be registered by a post to aRocket at least 30 days prior to the attempt, with the following information:
        A reasonable description of the vehicle
        The launch location
        The launch date
    The rocket must gain 100,000 feet from launch altitude using rocket propulsion.
    The rocket must record a GPS serial log of the flight with at least one report above 100,000ft plus the launch altitude.
    The rocket must be recovered essentially intact, the recovery system having functioned.
    The rocket must be recovered within 24 hours of launch.
    A report on the vehicle and operations must be made available on the web for posterity, with a level of quality suitable for publishing in a magazine. The report's author retains copyright.
    Good video of at least the launch must be shared. Ideally video is captured of the entire flight to recovery, but this is not required.
    If multiple stages are used, they must all be recovered successfully.
    Armadillo Aerospace is disqualified from the competition.
    The competition is judged by John Carmack.

Any revisions or additions to the rules will be recorded here.

Launch Attempts
As of late August 2011 no one has attempted a launch. Launch attempts in the near future registered on ARocket are:
Rocket    Rocketeers    Launch Location    Launch Date
FourCarbYen    Jim Jarvis    Black Rock Desert, NV    30 September - 2 October 2011
Qu8k    Derek Deville    Black Rock Desert, NV    30 September - 2 October 2011
Proteus 7    Curt Newport and Jeff Taylor    Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA    1-2 October 2011
Black Streak    Robin Hague    Mull of Galloway, Scotland, UK    1 September 2011

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游戏玩家自造火箭！雷神之锤号成功飞上太空
2011-10-10 16:25:45　来源: 网易游戏频道　有9人参与手机看新闻

在美国的业余火箭爱好者圈子当中，有项叫“卡马克奖”的公益基金。是的，这个奖是由id Software的创始人兼老板、《雷神之锤》和《毁灭战士》等FPS游戏发展史上的开山之作的缔造者约翰·卡马克出资设立的，他们最近的作品是刚刚上市的《狂怒（RAGE）》。

“卡马克奖”的额度是10,000美元，谁有本事造出火箭并成功将之发射到100,000英尺外太空，然后按照要求回收部分GPS数据，谁就可以获得这笔奖金，可直到最近还没有火箭爱好者达成过这样的高度纪录。

不过，就在不久前的9月30日，终于有一个由游戏爱好者组成的团队成功将自制的火箭发射到了指定高度。小组领头人名叫德里克·德维尔（Derek Deville），他制作了一枚名叫"Qu8k"的火箭（念法与Quake一样，为表达敬意LOGO也跟雷神之锤很像），携带了摄像机、GPS和其他一些数据收集装置，并成功在内华达州的黑岩沙漠令其成功升天，最终飞到了121,000英尺的高度！

遗憾的是，德里克的火箭虽然达成了卡马克奖要求的高度目标而且也被顺利回收，但还是没能带回可读取的GPS数据，所以只能算是成功了一半。

玩家自造火箭“雷神之锤”号成功抵达120,000英尺太空

不过，上面这段火箭升空的视频还是相当值得一看，前半部分是火箭发射时个角度的特写，后半段有火箭自带的摄像头从地球轨道上俯瞰拍摄的画面。尽管这些镜头对现在的大部分人来说早就不新鲜了，但作为业余火箭爱好者达成的成就无疑令人赞叹。

没有关注过之前报道的同学大概会搞不懂为什么一个做游戏的会去资助火箭爱好者，事实上卡马克大神涉足民用太空航天器研究已经有相当一段时间了，他自己出资建立了公司专门致力于可回收的民用航天器制造，与美国航天太空总署也有合作，现在他不仅造火箭，而且还造民用登月舱，目标是在10年内让民用太空旅行成为可能。

(本文来源：网易游戏频道作者：LV6) 殷维