Darpa Maps Out Air-Launch Plans

On the heels of the announcement of Stratolaunch, which will air-launch a SpaceX falcon rocket from a six-engine, 385-ft.-span mothership, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) is looking at the other end of the scale with its new Airborne Launch Assist Space Access (Alasa)...

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