Making a spaceplane out of the 747

Imagine a spaceplane that is pretty much a 747. Imagine if Boeing decided to have a crazy new idea and made a space variant of the 747 (dubbed 747 Ultra or maybe 747-1000). Or maybe in a retro-futuristic universe (a 747 will likely be "the good old days" for space-faring civilizations) where they decide to make a spaceplane out of the iconic 747.

This 747 Ultra could be used to fly from planets to planets. It must be capable of taking off from a planet, get into orbit, travel to another one, reenter the atmosphere and land.

My main question however lies in the construction of such a thing. What are the challenges one would encounter when trying to transform the 747, Queen of the Skies and a giant iconic bird, into a (rather retro futuristic but still advanced) SSTO spaceplane... if it's possible?

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