well this isn't exactly about quake, but it is about john carmack and rockets; amateur rocketry. makes for an interesting read, i suppose all of his work on recreating the physics of an artificial world has got him interested in the real one. hope he remembers the spf 25, i don't imagine someone like him gets out very often...

"john carmack of id software fame has gotten deep into serious amateur rocketry. his armadillo aerospace web site gives regular status reports on the efforts of his team of mostly volunteers in building very low cost vtvl (vertical takeoff, vertical landing) hydrogen peroxide rocket vehicles. last week he gave an impressive presentation at the space access society meeting with a description of the progress made in their incremental development of remotely controlled vehicles that will eventually lead to a manned (suborbital) version."