Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to That was in Moonraker.

Also, "Superman Returns"

Launching a full-sized Shuttle from a jumbo jet, rocket tail or not, is, of course, impossible.

The idea of a shuttle launched from a jumbo jet that Raoul refers to did exist, in several concepts. Some even had a booster rocket in the plane's tail to put the plane in a nice trajectory for the drop, but all of them involved very small orbiters with very small payloads.

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