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1 posted on 12/07/2010 12:46:33 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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"Think of is as a satellite you are able to put on orbit and bring back," he says.

I think of it as a way to go in orbit and bring back enemy spy satellites for inspection. Figure out what the enemy is doing, and disrupt the enemy program at the same time. Of course, our military would publicly disavow any knowledge of what happened.

2 posted on 12/07/2010 1:51:12 AM PST by roadcat
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld; SunkenCiv; neverdem

The “assumed” missions listed above are probably pretty well right on target.

Wait for a Chinese copy soon. (Thanks to Clinton.) We could have been working on this since the Dynasoar (dinosoar?) re-entry vehicles were dreamed up in the early 60’s ....)


4 posted on 12/07/2010 5:11:03 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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Think of is as a satellite you are able to put on orbit and bring back," he says.

But when you throw in the weight of the X-37B, you are talking about having to put at at least 10 times the weight of the satellite to cover for the mass of the vehicle.

5 posted on 12/07/2010 10:42:26 AM PST by Fractal Trader
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Space Command must have access to space.


12 posted on 12/07/2010 2:37:00 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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13 posted on 12/07/2010 2:38:55 PM PST by houeto ("You know, I actually believe my own bullsh_t," --- BHO)
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