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Stratolaunch to launch hypersonic vehicles from world's biggest airplane
Live Science ^
| 03/21/2020
| Mike Wall
Posted on 04/01/2020 10:08:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Stratolaunch's website now reveals that the company has reinvented itself as a builder, tester and operator of hypersonic vehicles — those that can travel at least five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5.
The huge plane is key to this new mission, hauling vehicles aloft to test various payloads in the extreme environments imposed by hypersonic flight. Those vehicles will include Stratolaunch's Talon-A, a 28-foot-long (8.5 m), 6,000-lb. (2,722 kilograms) reusable craft capable of reaching Mach 6.
The huge dual-fuselage plane — which used to be called Roc, but is now apparently known as the Stratolaunch Carrier — will be able to haul three Talon-As aloft at a time, allowing the collection of lots of data, company representatives said.
Talon-A isn't the end of the envisioned road for Stratolaunch, however. The company is also developing the Talon-Z, about which it divulges little on the website, and another vehicle called Black Ice, which could end up flying some very interesting and ambitious missions, if everything goes according to Stratolaunch's plan.
"Black Ice is a fully reusable space plane that enables advanced on-orbit capabilities and cargo return," the company's website reads. "Initial designs optimized for cargo launch, with a follow-on variant capable of transporting crew."
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: aerospace; blackice; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; hypersonic; spacex; stratolaunch; talona
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BenLurkin
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04/01/2020 12:16:42 PM PDT
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hattend
To: BenLurkin
Only two kinds of planes, Fighters and Targets.
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04/01/2020 12:52:01 PM PDT
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epluribus_2
(He, had the best mom - ever. my)
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04/01/2020 12:54:34 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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04/01/2020 12:57:53 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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04/01/2020 12:58:49 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: BenLurkin
No joy. :^) Years ago, Angus was asked by an interviewer about criticisms that AC/DC had made eight albums that all sound alike. “That’s not true. We’ve done TEN albums that all sound alike.” Back in Black is one of the biggest selling albums of all time, by anyone, and that doesn’t happen by accident. :^)
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04/01/2020 1:01:46 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin; Chode; Squantos; SkyDancer; Delta 21; tubebender; Lockbox; OldMissileer; ...
DE PLANE, DE PLANE!!!
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04/01/2020 1:58:08 PM PDT
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mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
To: epluribus_2
AND... the ones that wish they were an SR-71.
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04/01/2020 2:01:52 PM PDT
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mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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It’s not a plane, it’s a formation.
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04/01/2020 2:16:39 PM PDT
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SkyDancer
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To: mabarker1
notice the center line puddle of fuel
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04/01/2020 2:30:23 PM PDT
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Chode
(Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
To: Chode
What’s a little JP7 among Friends 🙃
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04/01/2020 3:30:35 PM PDT
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mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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I actually got to see it on the first day it was assembled and rolled out.
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04/01/2020 3:33:31 PM PDT
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KC Burke
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To: SkyDancer
I’m not following (call Me Stupid if need be).
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mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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04/01/2020 4:08:35 PM PDT
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Chode
(Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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It looks like two planes hooked together.
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04/01/2020 4:11:40 PM PDT
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SkyDancer
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04/01/2020 4:18:45 PM PDT
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mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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No but thanks. Will read it later.
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04/01/2020 4:19:49 PM PDT
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SkyDancer
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04/01/2020 4:20:25 PM PDT
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mabarker1
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👍
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mabarker1
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