NASA says it's awarding about $475,000 to two of the pioneers of the suborbital spaceship business — John Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems — for test flights that will approach the edge of outer space.
Both companies are already deeply involved in the space business. Armadillo, for example, provides the rocket engines for the Rocket Racing League's X-Racer planes, is working on a suborbital spaceship for tourists, and plays a supporting role in the "Project M" plan to send a robonaut to the moon. Masten is partnering with XCOR Aerospace, one of its neighbors in Mojave, Calif., to develop landers that can go anyplace NASA might want to visit.
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