single stage space station supplier attempt. at high enough altitude it'll switch from jet engines to the rocket thrusters, to get to the space station in space. also you can see the docking port on the nose :P

having stability trouble so added a fixed horizontal tail to the back and a canard to the front

this will be a success if i can reach about 15,000 meters on air jets alone, have enough fuel to rendesvous with the station and deposit the payload, then glide back to the surface

well i don't think i have the tech to do a single stage yet, but this will end up being a two stage. the jet engines will be jetissoned during ascent after they run out of fuel to allow for less weight for the rockets to push

is it twice as expensive as an equivalent multie-stage everything-gets-discarded-on-ascent rocket? sure. but it's way cooler.

and salvaging most of the plane part may end up with a net equivalent cost...

air jets away

ok now we're getting a little silly

@maple does it fly