https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/stratolaunch-has-begun-hiring-again/ Fri, 27 Sep 2019 20:27:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/stratolaunch-has-begun-hiring-again/#comment-1071161 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 20:27:52 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=61028#comment-1071161 They still have the ability to fly the long way around :-)

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/stratolaunch-has-begun-hiring-again/#comment-1071154 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 19:22:54 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=61028#comment-1071154 The FAA and the US government will not allow semi-ballistic flights by something the size of a 12+ storeys apartment building over populated areas for the foreseeable future.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/stratolaunch-has-begun-hiring-again/#comment-1071150 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:33:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=61028#comment-1071150 I’ll bet SpaceX’s preferred method of transporting a Starship or Super Heavy to a new location will be to simply fly there under their own power.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/stratolaunch-has-begun-hiring-again/#comment-1071149 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:19:47 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=61028#comment-1071149 Maybe the Stratolaunch Roc carrier aircraft is acquired by SpaceX as air transport for the Starship and Super Heavy with center overwing hardpoint. After all there is nothing else big enough for the job. Transporting the Starship and Super Heavy by road or ship will be expensive and time consuming. Never mind there is no land transport infrastructure for anything wider than 6 meters in the US, AIUI.

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