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Watching close with a possibility of tropical development off the florida coast. we could be dealing with a tropical storm come sunday or monday. here's how it's going to play out. as we go through the day on saturday, the first day of your holiday weekend, very warm air through areas of tennessee all the way through kentucky. thunderstorm problems, though, great lakes. and then the afternoon storms in new england. by the time we get to sunday, we should be watching a strong cold front going through the northern plains. that's going to spark some pretty strong storms late in the afternoon here...

Built? >> oh, sure. the 12,000 foot runway is what it needs for its operational mission when carrying, when carrying the big booster. oh, yeah, many airports are that big, yes. jon: all right. so what's the idea here? you do the heavy lifting with the airplane. then drop the rocket pod for lack of a better term at about, what, 30, 40,000 feet? >> yeah. the rocket is actually a large rocket booster weighing as much as four or 500,000 pounds. so instead of launching it from the ground, let's say at cape kennedy, you can launch it anywhere you want to. so you can have a better position, in other ...