Billionaire investor Paul Allen has unveiled a new company, Stratolauch Systems, to provide private rocket launches into Earth orbit from a giant aerial launch platform made up of the biggest airplane in history.
The novel launch system will use a giant twin-boom airplane with a wingspan longer than a football field and launch a rocket and space capsule designed by the private spaceflight company SpaceX.
Source: SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration
Source: http://www.space.com/13926-biggest-aircraft-history-stratolaunch-paul-allen-infographic.html
