Soooo, what exactly does it do for 780 days in space, hmmm?
Nothing! Nothing at all, just takes a few postcard pictures, that's all. Maybe drops off a few titanium rods orbiting Mecca with a nice note "Love and kisses from the USA! XOXOXO DJT" on them. Tourist stuff, knowwhumsayin'?
>>Soooo, what exactly does it do for 780 days in space, hmmm?<<
Sing “1,347,840 Bottles of Beer on the Wall. ((780 days X 24 hours X 60 minutes X 60 seconds) divided by 5 seconds per verse — check my math)
“Soooo, what exactly does it do for 780 days in space, hmmm?”
I would guess that the main purpose of the test, beyond the obvious checkouts of systems was to try to see if it could move around up there (change orbits) without being immediately detected. If it can, it could sneak up on enemy satellites and learn a lot about them.
... Soooo, what exactly does it do for 780 days in space, hmmm?
None of your d.mn business
Shut up and eat your peas
Well I'm sure the astronauts got a lot of books read.
Probably on Kindle.
Checking the affect of weightlessness on the aging of single malt scotch and Kentucky bourbon?
“Soooo, what exactly does it do for 780 days in space, hmmm?”
NASA was combing through trash dumps looking for the hard drive with the callback code.
“Soooo, what exactly does it do for 780 days in space, hmmm?”
What would be hilarious is if it carried nothing, the AF was only seeing how long they could keep it in space.
Similar to open carry... An implied promise of violent response to attack...
Well, there have been a lot of good guesses posted here, but we have to remember that the House of Representatives is controlled by Democrats. And we all know that Democrat congress-critters are into 'science'! So my guess is, that they were dropping off a few more astronauts on Mars. Plus, conducting critical, long-distance, mass-balancing operations on Guam, to keep the island from capsizing...
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