Editing John Carmack (section)

==Armadillo Aerospace==
{{Main|Armadillo Aerospace}}
[[Image:John Carmack during the X-Prize Cup 2005 in Las Cruces and Alamogordo, New Mexico -- October 6-9, 2005.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Carmack during the 2005 [[Ansari X PRIZE|X PRIZE]] Cup in [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]] and [[Alamogordo, New Mexico]]]]

Around 2000, Carmack became interested in rocketry, a hobby of his youth. Reviewing how much money he was spending on customizing Ferraris,{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} he began by giving financial support to a few local amateur engineers. Carmack funded the company, called Armadillo Aerospace, out of his own pocket, for "something north of a million dollars a year."<ref name="nsj20130801" /> The company of hobbyists made steady progress toward their goals of suborbital space flight and eventual orbital vehicles. In October 2008, Armadillo Aerospace competed in a NASA contest known as the [[Lunar Lander Challenge]], winning first place in the Level 1 competition along with $350,000 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=350000|start_year=2008}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/dec/HQ_M08241_XPRIZE_Ceremony.html#.YK0HON1Oncs |title=NASA To Recognize Winner of Lunar Lander Challenge |date=December 1, 2008 |website=[[NASA]] |access-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119085732/https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/dec/HQ_M08241_XPRIZE_Ceremony.html |archive-date=November 19, 2012}}</ref> In September 2009, they completed Level 2 and were awarded $500,000 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=500000|start_year=2009}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref name="d0">{{cite news|first=Patrick |last=Michaels |work=Dallas Observer |title=Rocket Men From Mesquite's Armadillo Aerospace Are in Line For $1 Million X Prize |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/09/a_three-minute_hover_over_cadd.php |access-date=September 14, 2009 |date=September 14, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918194500/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/09/a_three-minute_hover_over_cadd.php |archive-date=September 18, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Armadillo Aerospace Claim Level 2 NGLLC Prize">{{cite web|url=http://spacefellowship.com/2009/09/13/armadillo-aerospace-claim-level-2-ngllc-prize/comment-page-1/ |title=International Space Fellowship |publisher=Spacefellowship.com |access-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624093733/http://spacefellowship.com/2009/09/13/armadillo-aerospace-claim-level-2-ngllc-prize/comment-page-1/ |archive-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Lunar lander qualifies for prize">{{cite web|url=http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/11/2064885.aspx/ |title=Lunar lander qualifies for prize – Cosmic Log |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |access-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915173132/http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/11/2064885.aspx |archive-date=September 15, 2009}}</ref> The company went into "hibernation mode" in 2013.<ref name="nsj20130801">{{cite news|last=Foust |first=Jeff |title=Carmack: Armadillo Aerospace in "hibernation mode" |url=http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/08/01/carmack-armadillo-aerospace-in-hibernation-mode/ |access-date=August 6, 2013 |newspaper=NewSpace Journal |date=August 1, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805222751/http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/08/01/carmack-armadillo-aerospace-in-hibernation-mode/ |archive-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref>

According to Carmack, the work in the aerospace industry is "simple" compared to the work he does in video games.<ref>{{cite web |last1=XPRIZE |title=John Carmack (Armadillo Aerospace) at NASA HQ |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcWRc1wK3gM |website=YouTube |date=December 5, 2008 |access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref>