X-20

The X-20 was the spacecraft to rescue Commander Salerno on the lunar surface, but detonated into one on the next mission.

The X-20 needs 4,150 lbs of fuel from the booster rockets, 2,150 from the left, 2,150 from the right. When that is equalized, the X-20 lifts into the air. The engines roar, and it lifts off.



Built by PASE, on the way to retrieve a broken satellite, V-27, one of its directional computers were malfunctioning.

Three hours and ten minutes later, one of the X-20's fuel tanks began to leak. It spilled out of the X-20, slowly stopping it. Three hours and twenty minutes later, another fuel tank was breached. Fuel leaked out from both tanks.

Three hours and seventy minutes later, fuel leaking from tank 1 caught fire, detonating the left side of X-20.

Only ten minutes later, it caught the side of the engine. The X-20 lost its fuel with a splash, and fell from an altitude of 900 feet (300-600 m). When it hit the launchpad, the whole shuttle detonated as one. Parts of an engine, a fuel tank, and other components were scattered on the launchpad.

Cabin of the X-20
The X-20 had a cabin, exactly the same as the ship looked.

It had:


 * A thermometer which measured the cabin temperature


 * A spare microphone to Mission Control


 * A phone, for intergalactic calls


 * An engine control switch


 * A booster rocket dial


 * A fuel tank indicator


 * A detonation warning indicator


 * A directional computer (which was faulty).