Some people have to ruin it for the rest of us.
Posted on 12/01/2010 8:42:50 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
So, the world’s most mysterious UAV is set to return to Earth after spending nearly eight months in space where it did lord only knows what.
Courtesy of the LA Times:
The X-37, an unmanned spacecraft that resembles a miniature version of the space shuttle, is set to land at Vandenberg Air Force Base as early as this week — more than seven months after it was launched into orbit.
The Air Force, which has been developing the X-37 pilotless space plane, has kept the ultimate purpose of the program hush-hush. It was launched April 22 from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
The Little Spaceplane That Could came on-line as the U.S. began to wind down space shuttle ops. As many know, space shuttle missions often split public NASA missions with secret Defense Department missions launching spy payloads into orbit. Well, the Boeing-built X-37 looks a lot like a mini space shuttle, complete with what looks like a cargo bay for launching or recovering mystery payloads. (Many people speculate that it is used to ferry weapons into space.)
While there’s been a ton of speculation as to what the X-37 spaceplane does, I’d venture to guess a lot of its “experimental” missions have to do with Space Situational Awareness. Simply put, figuring out what everyone else is doing up there.
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I agree waht you posted. Also,Marooned was a good movie. The spaceraft Gene Hackman was “Ironman One”. David Jansen was in it and flew the rescue craft
Hey! I get that! I passed through there and I thought the guy coming up to the pump was some nutjob. He was all bent out of shape I was pumping my own gas.
Then he explained to me all of New Jersey was union. How was I to know?
Hey its the best RC plane ever!
“Mystery Space Plane Coming Home, Still No Clue What it Does”
Wikileaks will let us know soon enough.
Good!!!
Think of it this way...
On your wedding night, did you want to be there in person? Or have telemetry beamed back to you via remote?
Some people have to ruin it for the rest of us.
Amazingly, I only got two comments on that post defaming Zoomies. What a bunch of deadheads!
“Air Force formation flying: same airport, same day.” Feel
better now?
‘“Air Force formation flying: same airport, same day.”
Feel better now?’
Much better and thanks!
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