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World's first 'sky-worthy' car

Flying Car

US company Terrafugia has put on display a prototype car that is licensed to fly as well as drive, at the New York International Auto Show.

 

New giant plane to launch people, cargo into orbit

Paul Allen and Burt Rutan: Spaceflight

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the world's biggest plane to help launch cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write America's next chapter in spaceflight. Their plans, unveiled Tuesday, call for a twin-fuselage aircraft with wings longer than a football field to carry a rocket high into the atmosphere and drop it, avoiding the need for a launch pad and the expense of additional rocket fuel.

 

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