The Moonliner was designed by John Hench, with the help of German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. It resembled von Braun’s V-2 rocket design but depicted what a commercial spaceliner might look like for traveling to the Moon in the faraway year of 1986.The propulsion would have come from an on-board atomic reactor

It was also an early example of modern product placement advertising by TWA’s Howard Hughes teaming up with Walt Disney as the Moonliner’s sponsor.