The world's largest airplane is ready for take off with six 747 jet engines, 28 wheels, 60 miles of wiring, and weighing in at 1.3 million pounds when fueled. Not to mention, the wingspan is 385 feet, overcoming Howard Hughes's Spruce Goose by 65 feet. "Stratolaunch" has been in construction quietly in the California desert and just rolled out of its hangar for the first time yesterday. However, this plane isn't selling to commercial airlines anytime soon. Rather, Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft and owner of the Seattle Seahawks, built this behemoth to launch rockets in low orbit to send satellites into space with intentions of providing "ways to beam the Internet all across the globe".
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