“This is a bit more expensive than my previous turbo-Ferrari habit, but not too bad.”

—  John D. Carmack

On spending $2 million on building rockets, Quoted in "Carmack's Jet Vanes" http://groups.google.com/group/sci.space.policy/msg/04e3682944fbcc74?hl=en (2004-05-13)

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