Announcing the "publication" of the X-33 History Project website.
The X-33 is an experimental, single-stage-to-orbit technology demonstrator,
reusable launch vehicle being designed, constructed, and tested by NASA and
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works in collaboration through a Cooperative Agreement.
The goal of the program is to yield proven technologies that later can be
used by Lockheed Martin in the construction and operation of a fleet of
commercial single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch vehicles to be called
VentureStar.
The X-33 History Project is documenting the development of the X-33 through
a series of efforts, including the collection and organization of relevant
documents and other materials into an archive, the undertaking of a series
of oral history interviews, and the writing of a monograph and a formal
project history for the NASA History Series. In addition, a number of
historical fact sheets, a chronology of key events, and several popular
media and scholarly articles will result from the X-33 History Project.
Currently, the X-33 History Project maintains a website at the following URL:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/x-33/home.htm
Your comments are welcome.
Please direct any comments or questions to:
Andrew J. Butrica
X-33 Historian
Code RT
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546
(202) 358-4593 (voice)
(202) 358-3557 (fax)
abutrica@hq.nasa.gov
Andrew J. Butrica
abutrica@pscmail.msfc.nasa.gov