Wednesday, December 14, 2011

New Launch Platform

The 'behemoth' aircraft that could launch rockets into space - The Week

The 'behemoth' aircraft that could launch rockets into space

The Stratolaunch would have a wingspan longer than a football field, weigh more than 1.2 million pounds, and potentially cost hundreds of millions of dollars

Houston, we have a big one. Engineers are now developing the largest aircraft ever flown — dubbed the "Stratolaunch" — thanks to a partnership of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, aerospace guru Burt Rutan, and the company SpaceX...

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