New Stratolaunch plane will take people into Earth’s orbit
More power to the people developing this. Hope that the technological problems don't balloon the cost itself in to the stratosphere.Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is teaming up with aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan to build a giant machine that is part airplane and part spaceship. The new vehicle will be able to transport people and cargo into Earth's orbit and is scheduled to be commercially available by 2016.
I'd book a flight on it!
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
Interesting. Lets's see if they can pull it off.
Let's just hope that they don't run into any suborbital transit warps. Especially if they build a plane and name it the Spindrift.
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They'll end up shooting their eyes out.
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Reminds me of the X-15 launches of yesteryear.
What happened to the rail accelerator launch idea?
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It got.............................side tracked
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It's neat to see that famous aircraft designer Burt Ruttan is involved in the design stages of this new spacecraft launch method....... he did miracle work designing the Voyager aircraft that did that non stop, non refuelled trip around the world in 1986 ....... the guy does genius work..... but,got to give credit of course to his brother Dick and Jeanna Yeager who piloted that aircraft.
I hope this Paul Allen enterprise does well
Why,driving into a brick wall at 60 miles per hour, would I expect it not to hurt!
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Me, too. I can't think of anything I'd like to see MS riches spent on more than this. Kinda makes me proud to have a Windows machine. And I think that a real "No Shit!"
After all, the MS Flight Simulator is, IMHO, some of the most awesome consumer software ever written!
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
I can
1) Software that actually works.
2) Feeding poor and starving people throughout the world.
3) Curing sick people and researching cures for diseases that plague mankind.
4) Donate the money to help fund OWS and other projects that are trying to bring balance, peace, and equality throughout the world
5) Fund real science that really enables us to understand the universe,
Of course these are things I would like to see. However I accept that what is popular with me is not generally popular with the rest of society.. Besides, what MS folks chose to spend their money on
is their business, not mine.
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