June 22nd, 2019: Stratolaunch

xoxoxoBruce • Jun 22, 2019 5:04 am
Paul Allen was co-founder of Microsoft along with Bill Gates, so you know he had a couple bucks.
He spent on a lot of good causes but I think he had more fun than Gates. For the last 9 or 10 years he's been
bankrolling Stratolaunch. Allen died last October with less than $22 Billion, but it was from Non-Hodgkin's
Lymphoma. So according to all the TV lawyer ads that means his widow can collect bigtime.
Stratolaunch first flew this spring.

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Lots of parts from two 747s. I don't know if this is still a viable idea now they are able to land and reuse rockets.

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Was it worth what Allen spent? He didn't care, he was enjoying his money.
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Griff • Jun 22, 2019 8:25 am
The toys get bigger.

To be fair, at least Paul Allen didn't destroy the education system of the most powerful country on earth..
blueboy56 • Jun 22, 2019 9:07 pm
Paul Allen never married. His sister is trustee for everything that is.
xoxoxoBruce • Jun 23, 2019 12:12 am
So Allen was smarter than Gates. :lol: