Patent ID: 8500070

Claim:
A spacecraft structure that comprises: a center fuselage that includes a passenger cabin, a jet propulsion power plant and vertical stabilizing fins; a right side arch-wing; a left side arch-wing; wherein each said right side and said left side arch-wings comprises: three foldable hinge mechanisms anchoring said left and said right arch-wings to said center fuselage; said right side and said left side arch-wings including a front wing portion and a rear wing portion; a rocket propulsion power plant compartment positioned at a distal end of each of said front and rear wing portions such that said front and rear wing portions are connected at their respective distal ends by said rocket propulsion power plant compartment; wherein at least three rocket propulsion power plants are positioned within said rocket propulsion power plant compartment with two rocket propulsion power plants position at a rear portion of said rocket propulsion power plant compartment and one rocket propulsion power plant positioned at a front portion of said rocket propulsion power plant compartment; wherein said front wing portion is anchored at a forward portion of said center fuselage and said rear wing portion is anchored at a rear portion of said center fuselage; each of said front and rear wing portions comprising ailerons for pitch and roll control of said spacecraft; said vertical stabilizing fins comprising ailerons for yaw control of said spacecraft; and, a floatation device positioned directly beneath each of said rocket propulsion power plant compartments on an underside of each of said right side and said left side arch-wings.