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X-33 SUBORBITAL SPACEPLANE MODEL.
5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New YorkUS$1,000 - US$2,000
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X-33 SUBORBITAL SPACEPLANE MODEL.
Lockheed Martin contractor's model in painted die-cast metal, with VentureStar decal and decals of contributing contractors, Sverdrup, Allied Signal, Boeing and Rohr, as well as NASA logo and "Skunk Works" decals on vertical stabilizers, detachable stand with Lockheed Martin logo, 209 mm long, wingspan 212 mm, height 125 mm with base.
The Lockheed Martin X-33 suborbital spaceplane was a technological test vehicle for NASA "single-stage-to-orbit" technologies. Designed as an unmanned plane that would launch vertically and land horizontally, Lockheed Martin had plans to make the technology commercially viable in the private sector, replacing the space shuttle program with a program called VentureStar that would launch commercial satellites. With a decline in demand for commercial satellites, the project was cancelled in 2001 due to a decline in demand for commercial satellites. The X-33 was never built or flown, but the research conducted in the planning process led to new technological developments that may be applied to future suborbital vehicles.
The Lockheed Martin X-33 suborbital spaceplane was a technological test vehicle for NASA "single-stage-to-orbit" technologies. Designed as an unmanned plane that would launch vertically and land horizontally, Lockheed Martin had plans to make the technology commercially viable in the private sector, replacing the space shuttle program with a program called VentureStar that would launch commercial satellites. With a decline in demand for commercial satellites, the project was cancelled in 2001 due to a decline in demand for commercial satellites. The X-33 was never built or flown, but the research conducted in the planning process led to new technological developments that may be applied to future suborbital vehicles.