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Half wing
I'm thinking the MOM will be a 787-8 with a wing chop, down to a span of 170 feet, about 160,000lbs of fuel total, smaller engines and a smaller price tag. Remind anyone of the proposed 787-3? That is the cheapest way to make the MOM and reminds me of what Boeing does with the 737 program, changing as little as possible from one variant to the next.
The 787-3 was way too heavy for its proposed mission. That's why nobody wanted it.