Comments on: Stratolaunch’s carrier plane has rolled out for the first time https://www.isegoria.net/2017/06/stratolaunchs-carrier-plane-has-rolled-out-for-the-first-time/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Andrew Cowling https://www.isegoria.net/2017/06/stratolaunchs-carrier-plane-has-rolled-out-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2556833 Andrew Cowling Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:31:56 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41958#comment-2556833 That design looks familiar – I’m fairly sure that Gerry and Sylvia Anderson designed something just like it for heavy lift space launches in Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet…

]]> By: Dan Kurt https://www.isegoria.net/2017/06/stratolaunchs-carrier-plane-has-rolled-out-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2556520 Dan Kurt Sat, 03 Jun 2017 16:02:01 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41958#comment-2556520 re: “As I understand it they’re [Stratolaunch] having trouble finding a partner to handle development of the rocket half of the vehicle.” SA

Stratolaunch is actually having a problem lining up missions to carry. It is a chicken & egg type of problem: to get missions they have to provide proof of capability; to provide proof of capability they need missions. Orbital could build the Pegasus II if Stratolaunch could secure a mission to use it.

]]> By: Scipio Americanus https://www.isegoria.net/2017/06/stratolaunchs-carrier-plane-has-rolled-out-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2556431 Scipio Americanus Fri, 02 Jun 2017 20:28:18 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41958#comment-2556431 There’s a lot of delta-v to be saved by getting out of the dense soup of the lower atmosphere before you switch to rocket propulsion, though at the expense of operational complexity. It’ll be interesting to see how things turn out for Stratolaunch, though as I understand it they’re having trouble finding a partner to handle development of the rocket half of the vehicle.

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