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