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This is pretty sad actually, they were the only ones doing the air launch strategy, which is a fundamentally good idea but very difficult to execute. I think the concept may die with them, at least for the foreseeable future.
Their launch failed in January with an unexpected fuel line disconnection. All previous launch attempts have also failed, and itβs not looking good for their company. They apparently found and fixed it for the next launch, but maintaining and operating a 747 and a rocketry program is not cheap.
A reminder that rocket science is hard is not out of the question, sometimes you can put together the best group of people in the world and it can still frick it up. You may never even know why, it just happens.
Hereβs hoping it doesnβt spread to other companies.
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Did it ever make sense physically? Getting like 10 km above ground requires a miniscule part of the total energy expenditure.
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