Flying a thrust-vectoring rocket can be a challenge, and even more so if you stack multiple stages and a minimalist flight computer on top of it all. But [Joe Barnard] is not one to shy away from ...

Simulations were based on a reference model of a high-performance winged rocket stage with a return mass of 80 tonnes. They demonstrated that a converted airliner, such as the Airbus A340-600, would ...