nice old concept in new Clothing
Dassault came up with his already in 1963
called then "Space Taxi"
first Stage: Large delta wing Mach 4 Bomber powered by 6 Turboramjet engine
(look almost like a Concorde)
Second Stage: rocket power mini Shuttle (with deployable wings)
Payload: 2000 pound (907 kg)
Source:
"the Dream Machines" by Ron Miller
page 495 to 496.
i dint know Wat planed Dassault from 1960s to 1980s
but as Germany came with Sänger II Spaceplane
Dassault came up with, you guest it
a French Sanger concept. ;D
I think the STAR-H aerospace plane was
the last Version (Spiral 50-50 like ) befor ESA sack Hermes.
by the way has some one info and Picture about
Nord Aviation, SNECMA, ERNO 1963 Spaceplane Project "Mistral" ?