Airbus Defence and Space Spaceplane

The Airbus Defence and Space Spaceplane, also called the EADS Astrium spaceplane, was a suborbital spaceplane concept for carrying space tourists, proposed by EADS Astrium, the space subsidiary that later became part of Airbus Defence and Space. A full-size mockup was unveiled in Paris on 13 June 2007. The design was a rocket plane with a large straight wing and a pair of canards, using turbofan jet engines for the atmospheric phase and a reusable methane and oxygen rocket engine for the climb to about 100 kilometres. It was to carry a pilot and four passengers and weigh about 18 tonnes at take-off. Astrium hoped to begin development in 2008 and fly in 2011, and priced a ticket at 200,000 euros,, but as of 2015 it was still waiting for investors. The mockup is now displayed at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace.