Carmack's rocket wins $350,000 in mock moon mission

[Rick]

John Carmack, creator of the childhood-innocence-purging video games Doom and Quake, has finally lead his team of rocketeers at Armadillo Aerospace to victory in the annual Northrop Grumman Lunar Landing challenge.

In its third year of participation, Armadillo Aerospace has snagged $350,000 in prize money for winning Level One of the two-tiered competition held October 24 to 25 at Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico.

More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/28/carmack_team_armadillo_wins_level_one_lunar_lander/