747 Studied
Boeing is wind-tunnel testing a large booster that would be deployed from the top of a modified 747-400F for a launch-on-demand capability. The design, called AirLaunch, is similar in concept to Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Pegasus XL in its use of a wide-body transport to serve as the ``first stage''...
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