wikipedia wrote:Function man-rated orbital launch vehicle
Manufacturer Alliant Techsystems (Stage I)
Boeing (Stage II)
Country of origin United States
Size
Height 94 metres (310 ft)
Diameter 5.5 metres (18 ft)
Mass TBC
Stages 2
Capacity
Payload to
LEO 25,000 kg (55,000 lb)
Launch history
Status In Development
Launch sites Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B
Total launches 1 (prototype)
Maiden flight Scheduled for 2014 (Augustine Commission estimates 2017)
First Stage
Engines 1 Solid
Thrust TBC
Burn time ~150 seconds
Fuel Solid
Second Stage
Engines 1 J-2X
Thrust 1,308 kilonewtons (294,000 lbf)
Burn time TBC
Fuel LH2/LOX
Well, since Ares I-X has had it's first test launch and we know it won't blow up (every flight, anyway ), how about somebody model this rocket/capsule? I am pretty sure DATCOM+ would be easy to use on such a round object (I might even be able to do it) and last I checked JSBSim supports rocket engines (Don't know how well they work, though). The cockpit seems as if it will be the hardest part as it will probably be digital (and they aren't any good pics of the mockup, yet).
The flight controls can be wired to thrust vectoring (which I also believe JSBSim is capable of), Nasal could drop the lower stage(s) and probably drop the weights and thrust from the stage(s).