The Stratolaunch Will Soon Be the Largest Plane in the World

[Captain Obvious]

Size still matters...


The Stratolaunch is currently in production at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port. Aerospace firm Scaled Composites has headed-up development of the mammoth aircraft, and befitting such a sizable plane, the technical details are jaw-dropping. Stratolaunch, nicknamed “Roc” after the mythical bird of prey, features two fuselages, six Pratt & Whitney jet engines, 28 landing gear wheels, and a whopping 385 foot wingspan.

“If you were to put the center of this airplane on a football field,” mentions Scaled Composites president Kevin Mickey in a KGET (http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/specialreports/story/d/story/kget-special-report-mojave-air-and-spaceport/84740/3hrM3k6tfEyhH0EWMVkSIw) interview, “its wingtips would extend beyond the goalposts by about 15 feet on each side.”



https://youtu.be/YgJFKUiuDBE

[nathanbforrest45]

Yeah, but I heard the snacks they will serve on board will taste like cardboard and make you shit the bed.

[exotix]

Shat or not .. that is cool ..


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[Cigar]

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[exotix]

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[Private Pickle]

Why?

[exotix]

Why?
Well quit kidding ... ask any astronaut ... this is necessary as soon as we burn up Earth .. and besides, it's good for our local economy ...


Stratolaunch Systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratolaunch_Systems

Stratolaunch Systems is a space transportation venture developing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_product_development) a new air launch to orbit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_launch_to_orbit) system, with its corporate headquarters located in Huntsville, Alabama (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama).
It was founded in 2011 by Microsoft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft) co-founder Paul G. Allen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen) and Scaled Composites (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites) founder Burt Rutan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Rutan), who had previously collaborated on the creation of SpaceShipOne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne).


https://www.yahoo.com/autos/s/stratolaunch-soon-largest-plane-world-133041433.html


The Stratolaunch is designed to carry a three-stage rocket (equipped with a satellite) between its two fuselages.
Upon reaching the correct altitude, the rocket will detach, blast off into space, and later release the satellite.
The combined weight of “Roc” plus the rocket is estimated to be 1.3 million pounds..

[Private Pickle]

Well quit kidding ... ask any astronaut ... this is necessary as soon as we burn up Earth .. and besides, it's good for our local economy ...


Stratolaunch Systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratolaunch_Systems

Stratolaunch Systems is a space transportation venture developing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_product_development) a new air launch to orbit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_launch_to_orbit) system, with its corporate headquarters located in Huntsville, Alabama (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama).
It was founded in 2011 by Microsoft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft) co-founder Paul G. Allen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen) and Scaled Composites (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites) founder Burt Rutan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Rutan), who had previously collaborated on the creation of SpaceShipOne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne).


https://www.yahoo.com/autos/s/stratolaunch-soon-largest-plane-world-133041433.html

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Thanks.