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Stratolaunch

http://stratolaunchsystems.com/

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen on Tuesday announced plans for a new space travel system that would use the largest airplane ever built to launch rockets carrying cargo and eventually humans into space.
"It will keep America at the forefront of space exploration," Allen told reporters.
In a collaboration with aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan, Allen's new company Stratolaunch systems aims to build a massive carrier aircraft that will tote a multi-stage booster rocket built by U.S. company SpaceX.

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