Paul Allen’s odd dream takes flight in Mojave, California
This Saturday has seen the enormous Stratolaunch satellite launcher aircraft take off from the Mojave desert north of Los Angeles. The six-engined megajet with the wingspan of an American football field is the product of Stratolaunch Systems, the company founded in 2011 by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. It is described as a giant flying launch pad, designed to hurtle satellites into low Earth orbit. It aims to offer the military, private companies and even NASA itself a more economical way to get into space.
