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The present embodiments and associated methods provide for a progressive 3-axis multi-variable propulsion vectoring aerial and spaceborne vehicle. One embodiment of the vehicle is comprised of top and side air intakes, a curved sphenoid air accumulator, a compressor section, a diffuser, a plurality

The present embodiments and associated methods provide for a progressive 3-axis multi-variable propulsion vectoring aerial and spaceborne vehicle. One embodiment of the vehicle is comprised of top and side air intakes, a curved sphenoid air accumulator, a compressor section, a diffuser, a plurality of fuel burner cans, a turbine section, a gas plenum, top, side, and bottom exhaust ports, propellant burner cans, gas plenum iris, an onboard flight control computer, and top, side, and bottom exhaust port doors. Combustion gasses are produced which are directed by the gas plenum to the exhaust ports which provide thrust and lift to the vehicle. By selectively opening and closing the exhaust port doors, the vehicle may be made to rise, hover, and accelerate in any direction. Such an embodiment provides a vehicle that can directly ascend through the atmosphere into space.

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1. A vehicle adapted for flight, comprising:an airframe comprising a top, side, and bottom; at least one top exhaust port on the airframe top; at least one side exhaust port on the airframe side; at least one bottom exhaust port on the airframe bottom, the top, side and bottom exhaust ports each com

1. A vehicle adapted for flight, comprising:an airframe comprising a top, side, and bottom; at least one top exhaust port on the airframe top; at least one side exhaust port on the airframe side; at least one bottom exhaust port on the airframe bottom, the top, side and bottom exhaust ports each comprising a door; a gas plenum in fluid communication with the exhaust ports; a gas plenum door; at least one air intake located on the airframe, the at least one air intake comprising a door; a fuel-burning gas-generating means adapted to produce gas, the fuel-burning gas-generating means in fluid communication with the at least one air intake; and a propellant-burning gas-generating means adapted to produce gas, the propellant-burning gas-generating means in fluid communication with both the fuel-burning gas-generating means and the gas plenum, the gas plenum door disposed between the fuel-burning gas-generating means and the propellant-burning gas-generating means, the gas plenum door adapted to control the fluid communication between the fuel-burning gas-generating means and the propellant-burning gas-generating means, wherein the gas is distributed within the gas plenum to the exhaust ports, wherein the thrust required for horizontal and vertical flight is obtained by the controlled flow of the gas out of at least one exhaust port.