On Nov 30, 6:17*pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote:

I have always believed this is the future of space travel, keep the
air breathing part in the air.....

SSTO just leaves too low a payload......

The question is whether airbreathing launch really gains you anything.
You flailing and squawking like a mad chicken isn't precisely
convincing.



a advantage of a large carrier aircraft is the vehicle can launch with
little fuel and be refuled many times to release, minimizing weight.
no sweat for the air force.....

All irrelevant. *The question is still whether there is sufficient
gain to warrant the additional expense.



plus your almost in orbit at release. minimizes the loaded bomb launch.

Sadly, I believe you really are so stupid that you believe the
preceding.

Hint: *You're nowhere near orbit at release.

--
"Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the
*truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *-- Thomas Jefferson

The added expense? Aircraft operations are run of the mill simple
operations today in comparison with the exotic equiptement needed for
SSTO. Plus the fuel used to release attitude, and the carrier aircraft
itself dont count in the launch weight since they really dont launch..