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> Another plus is that with aircraft you don't need to build a launch pad That one doesn't seem like an advantage, a launch pad is much cheaper than the world'
by afterburner 8y ago
> Another plus is that with aircraft you don't need to build a launch pad
That one doesn't seem like an advantage, a launch pad is much cheaper than the world's largest really odd-looking and unique airplane.
- avmich 8y agoYes, but for a launcher you may want to have several launchpads for different kinds of missions, say GEO and SSO launches. Strato can serve them all. And if something happens to launch pad after rocket ignition, you have to rebuild the pad, while with Strato if you released the rocket and flew away, rocket problems don't affect the plane.