Paul Allen's company Stratolaunch unveils commercial spaceship
Stratolaunch, the company established by the estimated 13.2$ Microsoft co-founder is pioneering an innovative solution that will revolutionise space travel." The new project was announced five months after the final mission of Nasa's Space Shuttle program, which ended after 30 years.
The space agency will in future be increasingly reliant on private companies in space travel.
Allen's new plane will be powered by six jumbo jet engines. The spaceship and booster will be built by SpaceX, the US company founded by space entrepreneur Elon Musk. SpaceX hopes to dock its own Dragon capsule with the International Space Station next year.
Allen's spaceship is being designed by aerospace engineer Burt Rutan, with whom he previously created SpaceShipOne, the first private craft to reach space in 2004.
Stratolaunch, the company established by the estimated 13.2$ Microsoft co-founder is pioneering an innovative solution that will revolutionise space travel." The new project was announced five months after the final mission of Nasa's Space Shuttle program, which ended after 30 years.
The space agency will in future be increasingly reliant on private companies in space travel.
Allen's new plane will be powered by six jumbo jet engines. The spaceship and booster will be built by SpaceX, the US company founded by space entrepreneur Elon Musk. SpaceX hopes to dock its own Dragon capsule with the International Space Station next year.
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