If the project is approved, engineers would hope to have the propulsion unit, or service module, ready to fly on the American rocket's first test flight.
This is made possible by an active articulated torsional drive unit, which in combination with a complex control system attains an unprecedented level of efficiency in flight operation.
As low budget films go, they needed someone to handle props for the 2nd unit Ariel team so, I spent many weeks dressing up pilots and other extra cast members in WWII flight gear for the aerial shots in the movie.