SEATTLE (AP) Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the worlds biggest plane to help launch cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write Americas next chapter in spaceflight.
Their plans, unveiled Tuesday, call for a twin-fuselage aircraft with wings longer than a football field to carry a rocket high into the atmosphere and drop it, avoiding the need for a launch pad and the expense of additional rocket fuel.
SEATTLE (AP) Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the worlds biggest plane to help launch cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write Americas next chapter in spaceflight.
Their plans, unveiled Tuesday, call for a twin-fuselage aircraft with wings longer than a football field to carry a rocket high into the atmosphere and drop it, avoiding the need for a launch pad and the expense of additional rocket fuel.
Read more: Paul Allen, Burt Rutan Plan Huge Plane to Launch Spaceships | Techland | TIME.com
I will be watching this with interest and at least in my humble opinion it shows that American "can do spirit" is alive and well. The aircraft that they intend to build to lift this rocket should be massive and if Rutan's designs are a roadmap , should be unique as well.
Their plans, unveiled Tuesday, call for a twin-fuselage aircraft with wings longer than a football field to carry a rocket high into the atmosphere and drop it, avoiding the need for a launch pad and the expense of additional rocket fuel.
SEATTLE (AP) Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the worlds biggest plane to help launch cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write Americas next chapter in spaceflight.
Their plans, unveiled Tuesday, call for a twin-fuselage aircraft with wings longer than a football field to carry a rocket high into the atmosphere and drop it, avoiding the need for a launch pad and the expense of additional rocket fuel.
Read more: Paul Allen, Burt Rutan Plan Huge Plane to Launch Spaceships | Techland | TIME.com
I will be watching this with interest and at least in my humble opinion it shows that American "can do spirit" is alive and well. The aircraft that they intend to build to lift this rocket should be massive and if Rutan's designs are a roadmap , should be unique as well.