Who built the original ANSA spacecraft?
William Creber and Holdereed Maxy worked together to design the original maquette and then the three foot (1m) miniature. The full size set was later reproduced from dimensions taken from the miniatures. The frontal fins / canards were added to the final design by Franklin Schaffner, who thought that the nose needed something ‘extra’. These canards were applied with the understanding that they were some kind of ‘control jets’ or that they enhanced the control of the spacecraft.
