Blue wings into space: the Air Launched Sortie Vehicle

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Air launch systems and spaceplanes have long attracted interest, even if their viability has been questionable. Dwayne Day discusses one such concept the Air Force explored in the 1980s involving a spaceplane launched from a souped-up 747.