Since we have one for weapons, and I've seen a few spacecraft there, I decided to create a thread specifically for alternate spacecraft (rockets, ferry-craft, shuttles, space-stations, probes, rovers, space suits included, etc.). Go Ape.
Big Gemini intruiges me...that will need a beefy rocket!
Really? But it looks so much...meatier than a regular capsule.Actually no, they just used a Titan 3M launcher.
Incidentally, there's a British company called Excalibur Almaz, based on the Isle of Man, that has bought the plans to TKS and Almaz, the military space station it was designed to resupply, and now plans to launch them on commercial launchers.
Ooh, that reminds me.
Von Braun's Ferry Ship
Man on the Moon, 1962
Von Braun Shuttle
Von Braun Lunar Lander
http://manconquersspace.com/
http://home.flash.net/~aajiv/bd/colliers.html
Why would a spacecraft heading for the moon have wings like that?
Because when it returned to the Earth it was designed to do atmospheric re-entry by a long slow glide over 55% of the Earth's circumference.
I assume that before exiting the atmosphere it is planned to do the same, looking at those gigantic fins on the initial first stage?!
EDIT, wait, I think I even see a total of 3 stages with wings.