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White and Nerdy
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Location: South of Charlotte N.C.
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How it works, is the airplane doesn't have to carry its own oxidizer(weight).
For the airplane it uses the atmosphere to get to that altitude, with initial velocity, and punching from a much thinner atmosphere the rocket doesn't have to carry as much fuel(weight).
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