The lifeboat concept is a real design for SPACE1, encompassing the mini shuttle that can be flown home from station keeping. It can also serve as a glider from Tropospheric altitudes, and as an emergency evac. Another concept is the cube, as seen in the illustration, derived from fictional sources with the features listed. The life boat is a space cube that can return astronauts outside of the rocket. The space cube is not aerodynamic and is designed for space. Flying it depends on retro rockets and/or modern compass gyro for orientations. Plus, cubes need return heat shielding and ways to slow reentry speed.
