NASA's Big Mistake - The X-33 VentureStar Replacement Shuttle

The X-33 was the prototype replacement for the Space Shuttle and would feature a range of cutting-edge technologies that would make much cheaper to operate and quicker to turn around with much less personal. Although 95% of the components had been made and delivered and a new flight centre had been built it was cancelled in a shock decision that would put back the reusable space program years. Was this NASA's biggest mistake of recent years or was it just too advanced for the time, in this video we look at the X-33 and the reason why it ended up being scrapped. Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/curiousdroid Sponsored by Luke Tumas Vindziulis Muhammad Tauha Ali Pascal Hausammann Florian Hesse And : Morten Granvold, Tim Allen, David Thomas, Robert Goldwein, Oscar Anderson, Collin Copfer, coolascats, Katy, Blair Leduc, Lajszla Antal, Chad Mellor, Bjorn Nyblad, Giacomo Catenazzi, AMIR BLACHMAN, Larry Ackerman, Ara Kirakosyan, Tayar Jundi, Johan Rombaut, Tobias Pettersson, Kevin Hinnen, Mitchel J. Mullin II, Hunter Schwisow, Peter Cote, Cody Belichesky, Mogoreanu Daniel, Douglas Gustafson, Marcus Chiado, Jorn Magnus Karlsen. This episodes shirt is the GARAGEFLOWER by Mapcap England available from www.atomretro.com/madcap_england Get 10% off with the code DROID10 Presented by Paul Shillito Written & Reseached by Paul Shillito Intro music by Mike Mullen BMI www.positrosmic.com Images and footage NASA, Rockwell, Lockhead Martin McDonnell Douglas White House