On 26 Feb 2018 19:58:34 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>more at
>http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18816/stratolaunch-rumbles-down-runway-as-pentagons-interest-in-rapid-space-access-mounts
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>The 385 foot wide, six engine Stratolaunch is creeping quickly towards its
>inaugural flight, literally. In recent days there have been sightings of
>monstrous space-launch mothership scooting around Mojave Air and Space Port. Now
>the project's primary benefactor Paul Allen has posted some incredible footage
>of the aircraft undergoing high-speed ground-tests before its first flight.
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>Allen notes in his tweet that the gargantuan jet got up to a speed of 46 miles
>an hour, which is scooting along the ground pretty fast for an aircraft that
>will tip the scales at 1.3M pounds once it is fully loaded. The clip of the
>aircraft doing a run down the runway looks like something out of a science
>fiction movie or a computer generated vaporware concept. You can read all about
>Stratolaunch in our pervious piece on the system, its concept, and its history.
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>Stratolaunch has its eyes set on becoming operational and hopefully income
>generating by the end of the decade. By the looks of it that could very well
>launching a range of rockets 2,000 miles from its takeoff point, with payloads
>up to 13,500lbs being able to achieve low earth orbit and 4,500lbs for
>geo-stationary orbit.
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I still would like to know what is going to happen to the center
wing section when one elevator decides to go up and the other
elevator goes down, at the same time.
Or, one aileron tries for a roll and the other stays still.
Dave:
As Wilbur Mills once said:
If you have the means to make it,
We have the ways to take it.
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