Patent ID: 6471159
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B64B,B64G

Abstract:
An airship-shaped space craft comprising:a gastight middle fuselage extending in a fore-and-aft direction and capable of receiving gas with a specific gravity smaller than that of air; a pair of gastight outer fuselages extending in the fore-and-aft direction, arranged symmetrically on both sides of said middle fuselage, and capable of receiving gas with a specific gravity smaller than that of air; a horizontal wing, said middle fuselage and said outer fuselages being connected with said horizontal wing; a cabin on said horizontal wing; propelling devices that are gimbal supported by said horizontal wing such that said propelling devices are controllable to generate thrust in different directions; jet engines provided on said horizontal wing, wherein said jet engines have nozzles that are directed in a backwards direction, and wherein said nozzles are controllable within a range from a slantwise upward direction to a slantwise downward direction with respect to said horizontal wing; and rocket engines provided on said horizontal wing, wherein said rocket engines have ejection nozzles, and wherein said ejection nozzles are controllable in direction in a right-and-left direction and in an up-and-down direction with respect to said horizontal wing.