Manned Aerodynamic Reusable Spaceship. Presented by Douglas in 1962 for the Aerospaceplane (ASP) contest. Clearly, someone at Douglas had watched "When Worlds Collide" a few too many times. This was designed not as a true SSTO, but as a twin-ship formation... one carrying payload, the other carrying extra propellant. They would meet up at a speed of Mach 6.5, and the mission aircraft would be refueled. That would, undoubtedly, be entertaining.
This vehicle will be described in greater detail in an ASP article in the V2N5 issue of Aerospace Projects Review.
This vehicle will be described in greater detail in an ASP article in the V2N5 issue of Aerospace Projects Review.