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First images of the world's largest airplane
Holy crap, it's real! Behold the first glimpse of Paul Allen's crazy space venture: The largest airplane in history, a 385-foot (117-meter) wingspan beast designed to carry and launch a giant rocket to space, with a combined weigh of 1,200,000 pounds (540,000 kg)! Check out the mind-blowing photos. (sploid.gizmodo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
As they might say in Boston "WICKED HUGE!!!!"
I hope P Allen is part of the payload and where-ever it lands leave him there.
Man that's cool! Is this to replace Spaceship 2?
I wonder how far the rocket will be allowed to drop following separation.
Lighting that big firecracker while Stratozilla is still close-by would make me soil my undergarments -- rockets have been know to experience RUD (Rapid Unintended Disassembly), and even if everything goes well, the pressure waves from rocket motors that size are enormously destructive.
Lighting that big firecracker while Stratozilla is still close-by would make me soil my undergarments -- rockets have been know to experience RUD (Rapid Unintended Disassembly), and even if everything goes well, the pressure waves from rocket motors that size are enormously destructive.
I really hope that this is built.
Resupply / support for the ISS is about to become a LOT less expensive.