NASA's new Shuttle

[Glenn]

With this being the third last Shuttle flight, I think it only fair that we, (of this page) submit our designs for the new Shuttle. I mean, it's either our designs or a Russian pod.........? Come on, submit your designs, model them if possible..........!
Glenn

[Weaver]

Something like BAC's MUSTARD always appealed to me. Three delta lifting bodies launching vertically together. The outer ones (booster vehicles) have a single pilot plus a shed load of fuel, some of which they pump into the orbiter (middle one) as they ascend. When they're spent, the boosters separate and fly back to a runway landing, and the orbiter continues into space with payload and/or passengers. All three vehicles have retractable turbojets to increase their cross-range capability on recovery.

http://www.unrealaircraft.com/wings/bac_mustard.php