Enormous Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft Rolls Out of Hangar for First Time

Enormous Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft Rolls Out of Hangar for First Time
385 feet from wingtip to wingtip, the six-engine mothership is designed to carry rockets between its two fuselages. Once at altitude, the mega-plane will drop the launch vehicle, which will then fire its boosters and launch to space from the air.

http://ift.tt/2siju6e June 1, 2017 at 06:41PM
via Digg http://ift.tt/2siju6e