It's not even April 1st Yet

[Garry Russell]

Componant aircraft already being delivered

http://michaelbelfiore.com/2012/01/stra ... ships.html

[DaveB]

Completely believable as far as I'm concerned

ATB
DaveB

[Chris Trott]

The only thing really "new" about the concept is the plane, although in all honesty, it's just a scaled up White Knight 2. The Falcon rocket is proving itself quickly to be reliable as is the Dragon pod, so all they're doing is transitioning from a vertical launch to a air launch, something both SpaceX and Scaled have experience with and something to compete with Orbital on being able to launch a full-sized vehicle versus Orbital only being able to launch micro-Sats with it's Pegasus.

[Garry Russell]

To me...it looks like something the Germans might have come up with during WWII

But yes...knocking up something out of existing parts is nothing new in concept

My main surprise is just how old fashioned it looks

[Paul K]

Componant aircraft already being delivered

http://michaelbelfiore.com/2012/01/stra ... ships.html

Is it me, or does that look a bit Spruce Goose-ish ?

[Garry Russell]

It does ... especially with that tail