Space Train

[skyking]

That combo, the white knight and spaceship one are tiny in comparison to a big transport. The 747s are lifting over a half million pounds now with old tech.

 

[ElFenix]

:awe:

Seriously, if anybody can provide me with a link explaining why we CAN'T use airplanes to launch payloads, I would appreciate it.
Half the atmosphere is below 18,000 feet. Fly a launch system up to 55,000 feet with current tech, and start out there at 550 MPH,
11 miles out of the gravity well, and above 80% of the atmosphere.

what do you mean can't?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96A0wb1Ov9k


and we tested an F-15 launched anti-satellite missile too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-135_ASAT

 

[skyking]

fell back to 8000 feet, not exactly what I had in mind

 

[ElFenix]

fell back to 8000 feet, not exactly what I had in mind

that was just a proof of concept.

 

[lxskllr]

♪♩♫♫ Space train sounding louder
Ride on the space train
Hoo-ah-eeh-ah-hoo-ah
Come on the space train
♪♩♫♫

 

[skyking]

They are talking about it now.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-allen-rutan-huge-plane-spaceships.html