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Secret Military Space Plane Primed For Test Launch
Space.com ^
| 3/13/2010
| Stephen Clark
Posted on 03/14/2010 12:35:29 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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posted on
03/14/2010 12:44:22 AM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
Looks interesting.
(It’s not a secret if I’m looking at it and reading about it.)
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posted on
03/14/2010 1:01:50 AM PST
by
Cindy
To: sonofstrangelove
Odd, that looks just like the “lifeboat” for the ISS - an automated re-entry vehicle that requires no pilot input.....
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posted on
03/14/2010 1:04:31 AM PST
by
ASOC
(In case of attack, tune to 640 kilocycles or 1240 kilocycles on your AM dial.)
To: ASOC
It is a platform for the Air Force to advanced payloads and advanced technologies into space, see how they fare then bring back to Earth for examination. I have also read that it can go to the Moon because of the Atlas 5 rocket. Its a direct desendant to the old Dyna Soar project of the 1960s.
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posted on
03/14/2010 1:22:07 AM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
It looks like an killer whale. Will they move the launch from Cape Canaveral to Sea World?
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posted on
03/14/2010 1:55:34 AM PST
by
BigCinBigD
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To: BigCinBigD
It has dual landing sites at Vandenberg AFB and Edwards AFB
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posted on
03/14/2010 3:13:53 AM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
NOT, very sexy!
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posted on
03/14/2010 3:16:26 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
( USMC SSgt Patrick O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 145)
To: BigCinBigD
Shhhh!
They have advanced from chimpanzee astronauts to Orca Orbiters.
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posted on
03/14/2010 3:23:37 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: sonofstrangelove
It looks like a drone version of the space shuttle.
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posted on
03/14/2010 3:28:03 AM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: sonofstrangelove
This vehicle is about 40 years overdue but better late than never. Last I read—Aviation Week, posted here—it had been canceled.
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posted on
03/14/2010 3:30:27 AM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: Cvengr
That explains the probe from Star Trek IV!
To: sonofstrangelove
Don’t tell anyone about it....
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posted on
03/14/2010 3:36:58 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: sonofstrangelove
Strange bird. How does it fly with so little wing surface??
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posted on
03/14/2010 5:46:39 AM PDT
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: sonofstrangelove
Is that sucker manned or unmanned in this iteration?
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posted on
03/14/2010 5:53:09 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: Victor
Lifting body. They’ve been working on them for years. Remember Steve Austin, the Astronaut?
To: Victor
To: Victor
How does it fly with so little wing surface?? My guess would be VERY FAST with a glide ratio approaching that of a bent manhole cover.....
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posted on
03/14/2010 6:12:01 AM PDT
by
Thermalseeker
(Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
To: Travis McGee
The spaceplane is unmanned.
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posted on
03/14/2010 5:39:04 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: Erik Latranyi
Its called the Space Shuttle Jr.
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posted on
03/14/2010 7:11:11 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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