The real objective is lowering cost through reusability. In my opinion, the VentureStar approach made the unnecessary and suicidal leap that reusability required single-stage-to-orbit. It does not. It was single-stage-to-orbit that killed VentureStar, …

VentureStar seemed to make a bit of progress before being cancelled in 2001. Did any of the technology developed for this program lead anywhere? For example, its aerospike engines or high-tech fuel tanks?

Nov 4, 2018 · The VentureStar program including the prototype X-33 cost upwards of $1 billion, surely some of that went into still meaningful intellectual property. Who would own it now? NASA provided the funding, so did they have ownership after the cancellation of the program?

In looking at the questions here and here, I'm wondering - was the VentureStar platform doomed from the start (in ways nobody could foresee), or was it only the cooling problems with aerospike engi...

Oct 13, 2018 · Lockheed Venturestar; SSTO using an aerospike engine. A subscale demonstrator, the X-33 was built but never flew due to problems with a carbon fiber tank for hydrogen, the tank's irregular shape made it very difficult to build. $1B spent. X-33 (left) and Venturestar (right):

VentureStar was a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) launch system proposed by Lockheed Martin with the ...

Questions tagged [venturestar] Ask Question VentureStar was a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) launch system proposed by Lockheed Martin with the intention of replacing the Space Shuttle.

Jul 10, 2023 · The Lockheed Martin X-33 project ran until the cancellation of both the X-33 and VentureStar in 2001. McDonnell Douglas had already been working on the DC-X project since 1991 with NASA funding. The DC-X used vertical takeoff and landing, and was powered by four RL-10 liquid hydrogen engines and used four gaseous hydrogen oxygen thrusters ...

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Mar 5, 2017 · The Delta Clipper, VentureStar, SpaceX, Blue Origin Are all linked together. The Delta Clipper was taken over by NASA killed in favor of their choice the VenturStar because of the landing being horizontal rather than vertical then canceled it for the Space Shuttle and guess were everyone went to work.