From: k_meinhard@gmx.de   
      
   Hallo frank scrooby,   
      
   > Now obviously operating a covert Stratolaunch sized operation is difficult   
   (read impossible), but operating a Pegasus style is less so. There are   
   hundreds (perhaps even thousands) of second and third and fourth - hand   
   airliners built by Boeing and    
   others scattered around the world. And Boeing has apparently already installed   
   an extra hard point on each 747's main wings, so upgrading a 747 to six   
   engines is practical. Replace the passenger seating with extra fuel tanks, and   
   install the carry    
   equipment for your Pegasus. Fly from remote runways.   
   >   
   > What am I still missing?   
      
   How many people do you expect to be involved? Buying planes, buying   
   rockets (and nobody gets suspicious!), moving all these things about,   
   runways, fuel...   
      
   Can a secret be kept that more than 3 people know about?   
      
   Remote runways long enough to handle a 747, one with a big rocket under   
   her wings, nobody asks questions?   
      
   The rocket launch certainly won't go undetected. What happens to the   
   people on the plane afterwards?   
      
   Might be best you get a small country under your control first.   
      
      
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   Mit freundlichen Grüßen,   
      
   Klaus Meinhard   
      
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