In article ,
Scott Lowther wrote:
...This was a 1980's single stage to orbit lifting body, but with a
rather goofy engine arrangement... three SSME's in the tail, one in the
*nose*. It took off like a Harrier in a horizontal attitude, but
straight up.

When the spec is adamant about "horizontal takeoff", but the engineering
clearly says you should take off vertically, people do what they can...
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