Posted on 06/04/2012 6:03:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The U.S Air Force’s highly secret unmanned space plane will land in June - ending a year-long mission in orbit. The experimental Boeing X37-B has been circling Earth at 17,000 miles per hour and was due to land in California in December. It is now expected to land in mid to late June.
At launch, the space plane was accompanied by staff in biohazard suits, leading to speculation that there were radioactive components on board.
The men and women of Team Vandenberg are ready to execute safe landing operations anytime and at a moment's notice,' said Colonel Nina Armagno of the U.S. Air Force's Space Wing. The plane resembles a mini space shuttle and is the second to fly in space.
It was meant to land in March, but the mission of the X-37B orbital test vehicle was extended – for unknown reasons.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Huh?
Full Title:
Secret mission accomplished: America’s mysterious space plane to land after a YEAR in orbit - and no one knows what it did up there
The X-37B has been circling the Earth at 17,000mph and was due to land in California in December
Mission of highly classified robotic plane extended for unknown reasons
Will now land in mid- to late-June
More likely due to presence of hydrazine or something like that.
Stupid headline. Of course somebody knows what it did up there.
17,000 is a little slow for it to be in orbit.
Considering Obama is President, it was probably up there to 'prove' global warming.
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It takes a LONG time to disable a Chinese nuclear-armed ‘satellite’ that you’re not completely familiar with. Hehehe.
They were refueling satellites. THe bio-suits are for hydrazine. THat is in-space rocket fuel.
I think it’s not going to be as sexy as people want to think it is.
Probably exposing defense electronics and materials to long term exposure to space for testing and the rare opportunity for retrieval to examine them which generally never happens.
The people in the military are considered “nobody.”
Paging Dan Rather, maybe he can make up some story about what they did.
If Obama knows the details of this mission, it’s performing eavesdropping on we citizens. If Obama DOESN’T know the details of this mission, it’s performing eavesdropping on foreign communications.
EZ-Pass verification?
Good photographs on the Daily Mail site.
Ping for form's sake.
/johnny
Stay tuned. I’m sure that Joe Biden will blurt it out in good time.
Ping.
How is the pilot doing after a year in space?
“17,000 is a little slow for it to be in orbit.”
Depends on how high it is . . .
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