BAC space shuttle

[hesham]

Hi,

from Flightglobal,the BAC designed a concept for orbiter stage of
a reusable space shuttle.
And I can't ignore the upper sight for space tug artist picture.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%202081.html

 

[Michel Van]

that Space Tug from NASA
but i dont know from Marshall center or Johnson center ...

for BAC Shuttle
wat for First Stage is used for that opperstage ?

 

[archipeppe]

for BAC Shuttle
wat for First Stage is used for that opperstage ?

It really looks like the early X33 VentureStar proposal....

 

[flateric]

As well as Star Clipper, FDL-8X etc.

 

[Barrington Bond]

In colour!

 

[Archibald]

This thing really has a sci-fi look. It remind 2001 pods used by Bowman and Poole...

 

[flateric]

I presume they have a full-size toilet and a lounge there=)

 

[hesham]

Hi,

I know the space tug was from NASA,I just mentioned it as it was
in the same page only.

 

[PMN1]

In Volume 59 Supplement 2, 2006 of BIS’s Space Chronicles – UK Spaceplanes, there is mention on Page 107 of a R. H Francis from Hawker Siddeley presenting a paper ‘believed to be in Virginia around the late 1960’s, where he showed a configuration identical to that of the US Space Shuttle, i.e., a winged, returnable Orbiter, two solid parachute recoverable SRBs and the expendable fuel tank.’

 

[starviking]

I mentioned in this post about a vaguely-remembered Rockwell/BAC Phase B Space Shuttle Booster.

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1928.msg32701.html#msg32701

The Flight archives contain reports on Hawker-Siddeley engineers teaming with McDonnell Douglas and BAC engineers teaming with Rockwell on the Phase B stage of the shuttle

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201458.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%200950.html

It all came to nothing due to lack of government support:

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%203110.html

:'(

Starviking