Stratolaunch has Plane Rockets
According to Stratolaunch, carrying rockets underneath planes and launching them from x-thousand feet saves on rocket launch costs and improves safety. It's another interesting idea that involves Paul Allen and Burt Rutan - Rutan apparently committing to make the plane side of things (it does look very similar to White Knight, the launcher for Rutan's Space Ship One) while the rockets will come from Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon line.
Very little technical detail included but the project is apparently breaking ground at a Mojave manufacturing facility this year. Good luck to them!
[ http://www.stratolaunch.com/ ]
Published on December 13, 2011 at 9:45PM.
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