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America's X-33 Reusable Launch Vehicle : NASA Single-Stage Rocket Prototype

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First off the X-33/Venturestar was a significant scientific achievement. The RLV concept is the basis for our ability as inhabitants of our plant to pursue space exploration efficiently and effectively in the future. NASA has critical information available from the lessons learned on this project. Each contributor to the program pushed the limits of advanced technology as far as humanly possible. This book when reviewed in detail provides documentation crediting human imagination and the shape of things to come. Design, engineering, manufacturing, business management all contributed to the awsome technological capabilities that would stem from this project had it been completed. New materials never considered in the past were placed on this vehicle to prove the technology was space worthy. In the near future we will all benefit from knowledge that can be traced back to the X-33.
I was fortunate to acquire this book and learn more about the vehicle, and to be part of that program when it ended.

Everything I needed to know was on the CD. Concise information that just can't be found on the internet. If you like to keep up on current rocket technology, this is a good starting place.