No landing date yet for Air Force's mystery craft

The Associated Press ^ | November 29, 2011 | NA

[neverdem]

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A secretive unmanned space plane is staying in orbit a little longer.

The experimental Air Force craft has been circling Earth for about nine months. The X-37B orbital test vehicle was due to land in California this week, but the Air Force said Tuesday that the mission will be extended. A landing date has not been set...

[al baby]

Wow if we could just make one lots bigger hold maybe 6 men and carry a bus size payload that would be great We could call it a space truck

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Focault's Pendulum]

[unkus]

Nine months seems to be a long, long time.

[OrioleFan]

Is it a Green machine? We could call it the -— Watt? Volt has already been taken and it was a failure.

[Secret Agent Man]

Sucker’s got a laser on it and that’s what nailed the latest Iran nuke processing complex. Still got some hunting to do.

[Petruchio]

I think they are waiting on bringing it down so the OWS freaks don’t get a hold of it . . .

[umgud]

You can bet it hasn’t been orbiting for 9 months doing nothing.

[unkus]

‘Til touchdown brings it ‘round to find ....

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? I’m a little slow tonight.

[unkus]

Sucker’s got a laser on it and that’s what nailed the latest Iran nuke processing complex. Still got some hunting to do.

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Could be.

[Lancey Howard]

The eyes in the sky never blink.

[unkus]

Ahh....Thank you, F15Eagle !

[Secret Agent Man]

I figure I toss out a really out-there theory, someday I’m gonna be right. Just won’t know it.

[Talisker]

Nine months seems to be a long, long time.

For orbiting, yeah.

But not if it had to go somewhere, do something, and then come back.

[unkus]

True enough.

[unkus]

Yep. That’s the plan. Thank God it’s ours.

[smokingfrog]

If I told you what it was really doing up there, I’d lose my security clearance and end up in ADX Super Max.