Lockheed Martin VentureStar - Orbiter Space Flight Simulator
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VentureStar was a single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch system proposed by Lockheed Martin and funded by the U.S. government. The goal was to replace the Space Shuttle by developing a re-usable spaceplane that could launch satellites into orbit at a fraction of the cost. While the requirement was for an unmanned launcher, it was expected to carry passengers as cargo. The VentureStar would have had a wingspan of 20.7 m, a length of 38.7 m, and would have weighed roughly 1000 t. VentureStar was intended to be a commercial single-stage-to-orbit vehicle that would launch vertically, but return to Earth as an airplane. Flights would have been leased to NASA as needed. After failures with the X-33 subscale technology demonstrator test vehicle, funding was cancelled in 2001.
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SOHO Mission Please
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Huh, this didn't show up in my subscriptions, thats a shame. I had no idea the linear aerospike was planned to be restartable, thats quite impressive
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That was awesome! Nice music too, goes well with the video.
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So sad they didn't finish it!
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+Rseferino Orbiter Filmmaker are you going to remaster/remake your Cassini video?
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nice
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You need to do the DeltaClipper, remember that?
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SSTO!
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You Promised Cassini Remastered for 3 years
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The best Youtuber in da world
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You forgot to mention this was a remake
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