 Lockheed's proposed craft was a small Space Shuttle shaped lifting body design big enough for six astronauts and their equipment.Its airplane-shaped design made it easier to navigate during high-speed returns to Earth than the capsule-shaped vehicles of the past, according to Lockheed Martin.According to the French daily "Le Figaro" and the publication "Aviation Week and Space Technology", EADS SPACE Transportation would be in charge of the design and construction of the associated "Mission Module" (MM).