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#4470598 - 04/15/19 10:43 PM How did I/we miss this??  
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#4470599 - 04/15/19 10:45 PM Re: How did I/we miss this?? [Re: Nixer]  
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Saw a few reports about it and finally today some videos showed up


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#4470616 - 04/15/19 11:59 PM Re: How did I/we miss this?? [Re: Nixer]  
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I saw a picture of it the other day but was then distracted by a cat video. I need to sus this rig out, guessing it's built for high altitudes?


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#4470630 - 04/16/19 12:56 AM Re: How did I/we miss this?? [Re: Nixer]  
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From the bit I've read it goes way up in the atmosphere and launches satellites


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#4470636 - 04/16/19 01:55 AM Re: How did I/we miss this?? [Re: Nixer]  
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I was of the understanding it was built to launch tourists into sub-orbital space, as well as to be used later as a cheaper alternative for light, low Earth orbit satellites.


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#4470641 - 04/16/19 02:30 AM Re: How did I/we miss this?? [Re: vocatx]  
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Originally Posted by vocatx
I was of the understanding it was built to launch tourists into sub-orbital space, as well as to be used later as a cheaper alternative for light, low Earth orbit satellites.

"I thought it was a round-trip ticket. Get my travel agent on the phone!!"


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#4470656 - 04/16/19 07:42 AM Re: How did I/we miss this?? [Re: Nixer]  
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https://www.space.com/stratolaunch-flies-worlds-largest-plane-first-time.html

Think it's going to do both...launch sattelites and take tourists to the edge of space..Got to turn a profit somehow


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#4470722 - 04/16/19 04:51 PM Re: How did I/we miss this?? [Re: Nixer]  
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A guy I follow on Instagram got video of it taking off, thing is a beast!


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#4470731 - 04/16/19 05:38 PM Re: How did I/we miss this?? [Re: Nixer]  
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Head on, while taking off, it is one of the most bizarre looking a/c I have ever seen.

Fuel flow must be scary....


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#4566638 - 04/30/21 11:33 AM Re: How did I/we miss this?? [Re: Nixer]  
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2nd flight yesterday. That's a big ugly aircraft !! It's crazy it's able to leave the ground and fly.

https://www.space.com/stratolaunch-worlds-largest-airplane-roc-2nd-test-flight

Takeoff ~ 43:00
not landing ~ 3:35:00 (close approach to runway)
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Originally Posted by vocatx
I was of the understanding it was built to launch tourists into sub-orbital space.


Reading that I am seeing a vision of tourists wearing no spacesuits being tossed out of the door of this giant aircraft:

thank you for choosing Stratolaunch spaceline, the $100000 you paid to ride does not include a spacesuit. Now GTFO !!


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