Fails at making anything useful with the RAPIER engine

The specifications for the RAPIER engine test are simple. Build a SSTO craft capable of taking itself to the edge of the atmosphere in air-breathing mode and bring enough rocket fuel to get itself into low orbit in closed-cycle mode. To be useful the craft must bring at least one Kerbal to rendezvous with a space station to deliver a payload.

To date billions upon billions have been spent on research and development on space planes like the "Mirage" with no useful results. The "Mirage" is an attempt to get 5 Kerbals to space "Silver Hawks" style. How ever the RAPIER has proved less then awesome  The Mirage does more falling then flying. When asked for a statement on the bigazillions spent on the project, chief  officer at KSA Commandant Ace had this to say "I picked a hell of a time to quit sniffing rocket fuel".