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With twin fuselages and a wing of a size of a football field, the gigantic ‘Stratolaunch’ plane is designed to make propelling rockets into space easier and cheaper than traditional ground-based launch pads.
Built by California-based company Scaled Composites (owned by Northrop Grumman), the ginormous plane is designed to ferry rockets and various types of spacecraft into orbit.
On Friday, it successfully completed its first test flight, flying for two-and-a-half hours above the California’s Mojave Desert without an issue.
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24 thoughts on “Flying behemoth: 6-engine air monster's initial flight”
Did I just have a stroke? What's with the two fuselages? Is it designed that way to carry self propelled orbit payload? Or is it like 'faster in the air' like catamarans are faster than yachts in water? I need answers.
Big boys from NASA doesn't like this!
As Russia laughs their Ass Off . NASA has No problems pissing away money
I propose a (near) vertical launch shaft with a magnetic propulsion. Reach a few machs before getting out of the ground.
Next Boeing max project!!
" We'll just glue two planes together, the calculations will have to adjust to the plane"
What are the gringos trying to do?
So Anotov 225 is not the biggest anymore??
Let me see if this ugly duck can carry 10 battle tanks .
Oldschool technology.
Why not use anti gravity in stead! Morons!
The future Spruce Goose. It can fly, now park it in a museum. It looks like a disaster waiting to happen.
One Shot In The Center And Its Over, No Possibility Of Recovering' For either side.. Dumb Really Dumb Design' {Not Practical}
That's a huuge…… Freak, KILL IT!
Thanks to Elon Musk and others, the USA is learning how to do everything cheaper.
Including one of their favorite pastimes… murder.
Turbulence, snap!
fill up with nano aluminum particles and start sprying! lets cut to the chase
Northrop Grumman making something good for humanity that sure is interesting indeed
Why????
Looks stupid! I thought technology had come a long way 🤔
Is it a bird?? No!! Is it a plane?? No!! What is it?? It's a planes 🤡
what's it for?
Нда..Это вам не петухов из гавна лепить..
America 🇺🇸 F*ck yeah!
My, the payloads this much lift capacity has potential for! Amazing job, good work!
and what if one pilot decides to go in another direction,,CRACK?
The design for this plane looks like straight out of ww2 era.
This has got to be the ugliest plane I have EVER seen