The winged craft autonomously landed at at Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles, Vandenburg spokesman Jeremy Eggers said.
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Pilotless Aircraft.
To: Texas Fossil
2 posted on
12/04/2010 8:42:33 PM PST by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
To: Texas Fossil
The winged craft autonomously landed at at Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles, Vandenburg spokesman Jeremy Eggers said. Didn't this start off with 3 astronauts onboard? I am pretty sure I saw this on The Twilight Zone...
3 posted on
12/04/2010 8:43:22 PM PST by
freedumb2003
(Lt. Drebin: Like a blind man at an orgy, I was going to have to feel my way through.)
To: Texas Fossil
"..on a classified mission, "
Check WikiLeaks
5 posted on
12/04/2010 8:46:52 PM PST by
evad
(Every time a conservative votes, a liberal cries)
To: Texas Fossil
The winged craft autonomously landed... That is a pretty good trick, bravo!
7 posted on
12/04/2010 8:48:57 PM PST by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: Texas Fossil; a fool in paradise
To: Texas Fossil
Makes a lot more sense than building a space station that does nothing!!
To: Texas Fossil
Wonder if it bumped into Rita X's mother ship while it was out thar yonder.
Leni
To: Texas Fossil
Is this the “Twilight Zone” episode where a ship returns from space and all the astronauts, one by one, disappear?
To: Texas Fossil
Nice, just like the Soviets did back in 1988.
Still, it is pretty sweet that we have an operational space plane :)
Oh Lord, please let it have anti-satellite capabilities so that we may smite our enemies' space junk.
20 posted on
12/04/2010 9:21:32 PM PST by
andyk
(Hi, my name's Andy, and I am a BF 1942 / Desert Combat junkie.)
To: Texas Fossil
>>> While the massive space shuttles have been likened to cargo-hauling trucks, the X-37B is more like a sports car, with the equivalent trunk capacity. <<<
So what, it’s an El Camino?
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