STSprog_v_c_o_AKP (unnumbered ca. 1969-71 NAR photo)

A really cool artist's concept of a possible North American Rockwell (NAR) Phase A or B shuttle concept. NAR since the artist is the talented Henry Lozano Jr.
I couldn't find this anywhere, and actually to me, it looks more like a McDonnell design I came across. Nobody seemed to have both fuselage & underbelly mounted air-breathing engines, especially with the underbelly placement being that far forward.
My searching was fruitless despite the aid of this excellent & rather exhaustive document:

archive.org/details/spaceshuttlehist0000jenk_f6n1/page/14...
Credit: Dennis R. Jenkins/Internet Archive website.

I do know it's obviously related to the design of my below linked photo. And I believe it's subsequent to it, only because I read something somewhere stating that the winglets were dropped from consideration. Admittedly, I don't recall if it pertained to NAR.
As I've repeatedly stated, this period of shuttle designs & evolution is confusing to me.

Taken on: December 16, 2024

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