A couple questions.
1. The paragraph after the excerpted bit indicates that Scaled Composites did a drop test (from what altitude ?) - I'm guessing like the 747 “drop tests” used to test the shuttle's glide performance. True?
2. If this is the X-37B, what happened to the X-37A? Successful? Crashed? Never built/flown?
3. Why does the photo of Boeing’s X-40 used for X-37B? Boeing can't type the Wright numbers on their planes any more? 8<)
1. True.. did several captive carry tests and one drop test, not sure from what altitude.
2. X-37A was used to test automated landing systems, X-37B will actually fly in space.
3. The X-40 was actually a sub scale model of the X-37, I’m sure the numbers being out of order had something to do with funding/contracts.