Ok, I've tried something I've never attempted until now: building a shuttle!
Here is what I came with:
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Isn't it magnificent?
Ok, it looks like a dead fish. What immediately came to my mind was that this shuttle was truly the trashiest of the World.
"Truly the Trashiest Of the World" sounded like a good qualification for that pile of junk, so I chose to name it officially the "TtTOtW". I'm sure that everybody will find this unpronunceable name very appropriate.
By the way, the fact that it has a booster leaves no doubt about the fact that it qualifies as a shuttle, so at least I'm happy with that.
Ok, let's make it fly!
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The TtTOtW happens to be hard to control and very unstable. Reaching orbit with this unpractical launcher requires a lot of training. And a huge pain resistance. And chance.
Now that I'm in orbit, the TtTOtW can release its payload:
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You'll notice the huge cargo capacity of the TtTOtW, it only requires 143 TtTOtW launches to bring 1 kton to orbit.
Then it's time to reenter:
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Have a look at how the TtTOtW glides with majesty over the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds, piercing through the deadly plasma waves as if the danger didn't exist:
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Isn't that how a shuttle is supposed to reenter?
Then finally, the landing:
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The dead fish is back!
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Except that it looks even more dead than before because of the burn marks...
Ok, time to leave that ship, mission accomplished for the... Hey, wow!
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Crap, the engines suddenly reignited, the TtTOtW is now uncontrollable!
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Oh well, maybe it's better like that to be honest.
I know somebody that officially wants to kill me...