Paul Allen to build private shuttle replacement | TG Daily
http://www.tgdaily.com/space-features/60196-paul-allen-to-build-private-shuttle-replacement
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has announced plans to build the workld’s largest plane in an effort to create a replacement for the retired US space shuttles.
Through his new company, Stratolaunch Systems, he’s teamed up with Burt Rutan, one of the creators of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipOne, the first privately-funded, manned rocket ship to fly beyond earth’s atmosphere.
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