We could be first

[aeromed202]

Saw this in the news today. I think it would be great to have a sim version of this before the real thing. It should be able to exceed 80,000ft (what is the FS max anyway?) yet land on most commercial runways. It could have a gauge to display stars out the windows too.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1112/13stratolaunch/

 

[Tom Clayton]

Hard ceiling is supposed to be 99,999' ASL, but I've seen one or two occasions where a glitch put me over that. Once over that, I played heck getting back down!

 

[AndyG43]

Looks like the kind of thing likely to pop up in Orbiter pretty quickly.

 

[aeronca1]

Would you go up in something with a Microsoft logo on it?

 

[SteveB]

Would you go up in something with a Microsoft logo on it?

Not until at least service pack three had been out for a bit.


Steve

 

[AndyG43]

The names Burt Rutan and Elon Musk are reassuring though; Rutan has a great reputation, and what SpaceX have achived in such a short period is pretty amazing.

 

[thunder100]

Would you go up in something with a Microsoft logo on it?

Adria airways here in Europe had MS sponsored planes (CRJ200)

Every second one askes"Is this plane safe??".They skipped it

Roland