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    Paul Allen & Burt Rutan Space Venture begins with 'Largest Aircraft Ever Constructed'

    now this is cool!!



    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...olaunch14.html

    from the seattle times:

    Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on Tuesday launched a speculative space-travel business that calls for building "the largest aircraft ever constructed."
    The twin-fuselage, composite-plastic plane, using systems cannibalized from two 747s and powered by six jumbo-jet engines, is intended to fly to an altitude of about 30,000 feet before launching into orbit a rocket slung underneath its wing.
    At a time when the federal government has drastically curtailed its space ambitions and cut funding for exploration, Allen offered a grandiose vision of private industry stepping in to take over.
    it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.

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    I'd love to see someone land that behemoth ... and is there any hint at the wheelbase width? If the wingspan is greater than a football field, the distance between the carriages looks to be greater than the typical 200 feet most large runways are these days.

    I love it! Bring it... if anyone has the money to do it and spend it it's Allen. And if anyone has the b***s to do it is Burt and Scaled Composites!
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    Quote Originally Posted by gonzalu View Post
    I love it! Bring it... if anyone has the money to do it and spend it it's Allen. And if anyone has the b***s to do it is Burt and Scaled Composites!
    Technically speaking, Rutan retired from Scaled Composites back in April.

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