Without picking out any quotes....
Connecting the two vehicular bodies is problematically fraught.
The connection should be semirigid and accommodate three axes of revolution. The only thing I can think of is those female-designed space suits, based on undergraments. Now I understand how Howard Hughes went down that rabbit hole with Jane Russell's 'needs'.
My recasting of the Bolus design put the door at the rear. And approximated The Holy Template with Armadillo-style banding.
Bluff nose but it loses the taper in elevation.