[JeffersonRepublic.com]

"vehicle that can be towed to a high altitude, released, and rocketed to the space station. This builds on the successful launch method used by Chuck Yeager"

I agree. Passenger vehicles should be towed to attitude and rocket into space like the x-15. The question is can the tow plane be built big enough?

Burt Rutan said he is building a space ship 2 which will have the capacity to carry 9 people into sub-orbit. If he is funded, I believe he could make the next step to orbit. But the government will fight him every step.

Holtz
JeffersonRepublic.com

[RightWhale]

Pegasus is air-launched and passed the 100 satellite mark long ago.