Topic: Paul Allen
A giant airplane that can in mid-flight launch a rocket carrying cargo and humans into orbit is the future of space travel, billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen said.The first test flight of the ambitious venture by Allen's new company Stratolaunch ...
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen is planning to build a spaceship that could replace the Space Shuttle and put paying passengers into orbit this decade.Lifelong space enthusiast Allen is hoping to launch unmanned rockets from a massive flying carrier ...
At first glance, SpaceShipOne seems out of place in the National Air and Space Museum's Milestones of Flight gallery. " On June 21, 2004, this "project," bankrolled by Microsoft co-founder Allen and designed by Burt Rutan, became the first privately built and ...
In so doing, the privately funded SpaceShipOne had carried humans to space and back again twice within a week, earning its owners the Ansari X-Prize, meant to spur the opening of the age of commercial space travel.. The man leading the team ...
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Microsoft Paul Allen
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Charter Paul Allen
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Paul Allen on Gates, Microsoft
Lesley Stahl speaks to Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen ...2011-04-17 -
Paul Allen - Revolutionary Idea Man
[Recorded: April 25, 2011] In 2007 and 2008, Time Magazine ...2011-04-27 -
Stratolaunch Systems, A Paul G. Allen ...
Stratolaunch Systems is pioneering innovative solutions to revolutionize space transportation ...2011-12-13
