There was a blurb, and small pic, about this in today's L.A. Times.
Couldn't help noticing the resemblance to a Lockheed P-38, the only really successful twin-engine fighter of WW II.
I guess sound designs live on in other ways.
The Times article noted that among the people signed up for a space ride are Stephen Hawking, the wheelchair-bound astrophysicist, and Victoria Principal.