Chrysler’s Space Shuttle Proposal: the SSTO SERV and MURP 

Every time when I think "Oh now I saw the most kerbal thing in the world" come a video around and say to me "Oh, I don`t think so"

My favorite part is when the camera zooms in, and so does the microphone, 1:41

Dang..... *runs off to build in KSP*..... the Khrysler Korporation just won a new contract for their design!

"thats a pretty cool apollo style capsule, what does it attach to?" *20 seconds later* "oh"

Knowing Chrysler, the RCS controls on this thing wouldve been the window switches from a dodge neon

When you turn on infinite fuel in ksp

Trust Chrysler to come up with a design that looks like the spacecraft equivalent of a Minivan.

Chrysler? The check engine light will come on 20 secs after liftoff, it'll have a rattle in the dash that the technicians can't find, and the transmission will stick in 3rd gear!

“How big is your capsule?” Chrysler: *YES*

One stage to orbit.... That was very ambitious! And the dead weight of those jet engines for the landing.... CRAZY!

sad he didn't show the Saiyans come out from those spaceships at the end.

Aight I'm going to confess I didn't actually even see the shuttle on top the first time I saw this, but holy moly it looks absolutely absurd 😂

Chrysler: "Ok, so we have a new design that could make SSTOs possible" NASA: "*Sigh* Ok, what is it now?" C: "So you know the Apollo capsule..." N: "Yes?" C: "And how it's the only part that comes back from space..." N: "Yes?" C: "...Make the rocket all capsule." N: ... N: ... N: "... what?" C: *"MAKE THE ROCKET ALL CAPSULE"*

Nuts, I love it. But cooling that huge aerospike and keeping the total weight to less than ten quadrillion tons.... That would be challenging.

We need to get Scott Manley to do a video in this, first time learning of this.

I knew a couple people from Chrysler who worked on this in New Orleans. That circular aerospike… One of them still had the official documents. Very interesting…

ISS: "LADS, LADS, there's a giant walnut whip outside the window"

Astronaut 1 "How long has that engine check light been on?" Astronaut 2 "I don't know. I put tape over it per the service manual." Astronaut 1 "It fell off. What do we do now?" Astronaut 2 "I don't know. NASA didn't train us for that."

Ah a flying onion

This special effect video is as close to reality as that ship will ever get

Imagine seeing this pull up through the ISS window

...and when the project was canceled, all those Chrysler engineers went on the design...the PT Cruiser!

"Today in space news...Chrysler issues the first recall of a shuttle vehicle. Owners are encouraged to call their local dealership immediately".

Engineers: so how much fuel do you want Chrysler? Chrysler: *YES*

Of course, after each flight you'd need to replace the transmission.

Due to the high research and development costs of the initial fully-reusable Space Shuttle concepts, the NASA Marshall Space Center ACTUALLY awarded contracts for studies of Alternate Space Shuttle Concepts (ASSC) in July of 1970: to Chrysler Space Division (Chrysler built the Redstone, Jupiter and Saturn I first stages in those days), Lockheed, and a combined Boeing/Grumman team (the latter incorporated external fuel tankage, a concept which of-course ended-up being adopted in the winning Shuttle design). Chrysler's concept (illustrated so marvelously, as usual, by Hazegrayart) proposed to deliver cargo-only, unmanned, by the lower stage - or if also ferrying crew, they would ride in the lifting-body craft depicted on-top, which was based on a NASA-Langley design. That lifting-body could abort on the pad or during ascent using solid-rocket motors, one-each attached per side, which would be jettisoned when no-longer needed. Two versions were proposed: in the first one, the entire bottom of the first stage would function as an aerospike engine. To get-around NASA's "ban" on including aerospike technology in Shuttle designs (NASA thought that development risks of same would outstrip the available funding and time - with good reason, as it turns-out: see "Everyday Astronaut's" RU-vid video on the subject), another version was proposed, using 12 conventional bell nozzles, covered by protective heat-shield doors during atmospheric reentry. Chrysler estimated that the development and testing time would take 4 years and $3.5 billion, and that subsequent production vehicles could be built for $350 million each, which would have 10-year or 100 flight lives. Note the propulsive landing back at the launch site, a la SpaceX - Chrysler was TRULY ahead of its time! Alas, ALL Space Shuttle concepts which did not offer sufficient cross-range gliding capability (as required by the DOD) were shelved.

Amazing animation, I can see why this didn't take off though

Engineer: "What about a space shuttle but with a full diaper" Chrysler CEO: "My god it is brilliant"

I’m sure it will breakdown the day after the warranty expires

Whether or not it will fly lets appreciate the artist for the amazing work! ,🔥

Nobody: Chrysler: G I A N T N I P P L E

Chrysler: right, here’s our idea for a space shuttle. NASA: WTF, are you high?

They literally made a SSTO from a crew capsule. The madmen.

Nasa Shuttle: "A plane, but like, in space." SpaceX Falcon9: "This is what a rocket is supposed to look like." Chrysler Aerospace: "F-f-flying garlic bulb!"

Nasa & spaceX fans : *"Nooo you can't just shape it like that, think about the drag and weight, where do u even put the fuel tank, it's a disaster looking design !!!"* Chrysler : haha garlic go brrr

I don't think Elon is going to appreciate that Chrysler turned his Crew Dragon into a booster rocket.

Amazing work as usual, but the library lacks one important video: Saturn C-8 NOVA.

Everything looks good when it’s a computer graphic design.

It's actually a good design but everything good comes when we think of return journey. Taking off will be challenging but since they are using aerospikes the bottom control flaps should have to be that durable and focus the full thrust on a single point and keep it converged during ascend in atmosphere.

Excellent work. And how could anyone NOT support something called MURP?

Probably had "Fine Corinthian Leather Seats" and a HEMI!

We have flying silo, flying "toy" and now a flying onion. What a time to be alive

In most cases, this kind of project never get beyond 3d rendering.

This was a 1969 proposal. Ahead of its time. But it seems many of you don't know that chrysler played a big part in the space race. It was chrysler who built the rockets that put the first Americans into space in the mercury program and it was their rockets in the Apollo program that first docked with the Soyuz.

"They say we've got to reuse it. What've we got that's come back from space?" "The Command Module sir. " "Bill you're a goddamn genius."

Thank you for bring this, and other concepts to life! It is so much fun to watch these and think what might have been. The ingenuity on display is just fun, and the visualizations are awesome.

Chrysler be like: G I A N T F L Y I N G G A R L I C

The cartoon turned out beautifully

Elon: 31 Raptors on Starship. Chrysler proposal: Hold my beer.

Imagine the hydraulic system in that thing! For the vectored thrust with panels of that size, the pressure in the hydraulic lines would've been immense!

"If you can find a better space shuttle, buy it!" Lee Iacocca

I think everthing sums up all ideas have value

:Check engine light on. Hey guys, Chris fix here.

'let me get this straight, you want me to go to space...in a Chrysler?' - Astronaut

why i didn't hear earlier about this? wtf

I remember watching this in person. It was pretty cool.

And outfitted with the finest Corinthian leather seats from your favourite Cordoba !

Very nice !!! Now do the Liberty Ship. Nuclear lightbulb SSTO,Vex of 30.000m/s,1000ton to orbit,fully reusable !!!

I remember when man first landed on the moon it was a BFD. The first time my home was filled with excited people surrounded around a black and white tv. The second moon landing it was only me and one other person who cared to watch at my house. The third landing I was watching it all alone. No one cared in my house. My grandmother even spoke of it all being faked. This taught me a very valuable lesson. We want bigger, better, and faster. Who cares that you discovered a cure for the common cold last year ? We are never satisfied. As a nation we can't be. The grind never stops. It only stops when we die.

We now ALREADY have reusable rockets that land back at the launch facilities, and on floating barges...but their concept was ahead of it's time in the seventies, but the technology was not yet available to make it happen..computer control systems were probably not yet capable of making the inflight adjustments necessary...great video!

My brain just goes, “where’s the rocket?”

aerodynamic drag: am I a joke to you?

If its anything like their vehicles, we won't have to worry about it passing inspections

Love these videos. Couldn’t get enough of NASA proposals when I was a kid. Now I get to watch them in action. I always end up thinking, I remember that!Thank you!

are we sure Hershey didnt design this?

1:03 Hey, that smoke is real footage, probably from a falcon 9 launch. I almost didn't notice.

3:21 this scene is so familiar, the only difference is the shape of the capsule it's inspired by Kisses instead of Maltesers

What design innovation! It all makes sense! So much more lift and stability.

All that fuel contained in an invisible tank. Amazing.

I am now 80% deaf after the landing segment

WHY IS IT SO UGLY, I CANT BE THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THAT

What's with the downvotes.

Now that looks like a proper alien space craft, complete with little leg extensions just before touch down.

Imagine if this thing had to land in Roswell New Mexico

4:02 Falcons after sometime in quarantine

Instead of 100 meters of pipe a big cone, good idea, just air resistance will be higher on first 20 kilometers of flight.

Crazy concept. Cool to see it brought to life here. Great video as always!! Keep up the good work.

Legend says the manager of the company yelled “is this what you’ve been spending our money on?!” And fainted on the spot.

Was it just me who was thinking the whole length of the video that this was a joke?

The kinda of plunger that we all need for after Christmas dinner.

I am from Russia so the jock is that This is like Russian love for gigantomania but on steroids in a cube! LOLS! Can you imagine air drag on this thing!

Scotty Kilmer: "It'll be and endless money pit for NASA!"

That's a really nice space station model! It looks fantastic!

классный мультик; мне ещё нравится про чип и дейла.

Remember though Chrysler developed and built the Saturn rockets, the M1 Abrahms Tank. AM General was originally owned by Chrysler

Brought to you by the makers of the K car!

OMFG hazegrayart your techniques are improving fast! Please do another video of X-33 VentureStar now with this AWESOME graphics

Nice cartoon, looks so real.

Nice ! Good job with the rendering looks great ! Lovely idea. Maybe it can be revived with more modern material ! Would love to see an aerospike engine implementation somewhere. Such an interesting idea.

it materialize fuel ot of nowhere? wtf this thing is just a huge booster.

NASA "this is not how you design a rocket" Chrysler "just hold my beer"

All the beauty of the K-Car coming back to haunt us.

Wow, I can't believe this thing just flown! This'll put Starship up for competition!

It has that KSP feel. Staging? We don't need no stinkin' staging, just make it big.

I was like "what on earth did this guy smoke they literally made an onion rocket" Then I saw the video's duration

The new cone design on the jet is incredible noticeably more lift

They couldn’t even make a good car why they trying to make rocket ships

Подняли настроение😅 фантазеры блин. Дегтярева отправте на этой штуке, он как раз хотел в космос слетать😂

This is really something new, who could imagine, a flying saucer.

Interesting feature having the payload bay surrounded by the fuel tanks.