Microsoft founder created the largest aircraft in history

Microsoft founder created the largest aircraft in history

Year 2011 is missing and most specialized media and blogs have highlighted the end of the shuttle program at NASA as the most outstanding news last year in the field of aerospace. This year we are starting now open many unknowns about the future of space travel, state agencies and stations like the ISS.

At present, the future of space conquest at the hands of Russian Soyuz ancient but always reliable, plans increasingly assertive China, the future development of new launch its system of NASA and the momentum attract private initiatives.

Indeed, private companies, especially companies in the Internet, with a visionary and billionaire tycoon who launched a business daily space. We see by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin space project, or by Elon Musk, the founder of Internet business genius Paypal and company SpaceX or Virgin tycoon Richard Branson and aerospace company aerospace and Virgin Galactic group.

The last to join the adventure of space is one of the founders of Microsoft, Paul Allen, a dream has led to the design layout of the largest airlines in the world ... even the world: the largest aircraft built in the whole story.

It will measure 114 meters and weighs 544 tons of scale ... giant: a football field every brochure that will be powered by six engines such as those with a Boeing 747.

The project is called Stratolaunch and represents about titan heaven to be able to launch the company SpaceX rocket flight.

The first real test is scheduled for 2016 and according to the designers who will not only be able to launch the rocket with the merchandise, but also put astronauts in orbit Space Capsule Dragon X.

While waiting for its first flight in 2016 we can get an idea of ​​Stratolaunch make a promotional video that we offer.