Very interesting.
To: Neil E. Wright
it's Iranian mission isn't completed yet
2 posted on
11/30/2011 3:01:12 PM PST by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: Neil E. Wright
It's being flown by the autopilot . . .
To: Neil E. Wright
I remember when the shuttle first came out. I had the idea that they could use it to deploy a smaller "lifting body" type of reentry vehicle. I had something like the M2-F1 in mind. The military could hide such a launch, the shuttle returns, and the lifting body could do its nefarious work and return in secret.
I posed this idea to some teachers, and also with my friends in my physics class, they though it was silly. Except for one friend of mine, who found it fascinating. That guy is currently one of the richest men on the planet. Hmmm.....
6 posted on
11/30/2011 3:08:06 PM PST by
Paradox
(The rich SHOULD be paying more taxes, and they WOULD, if they could make more money.)
To: Neil E. Wright
To: Neil E. Wright
More interesting is this ... if you click the link at the end of the article.. "Top ten Space weapons" you'll find this at # # ... X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV)
Scheduled for a test flight on April 20, 2010, the reusable robotic X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is a small space shuttle-like craft developed by the US Air Force.
If such a reusable space plane becomes feasible, it will offer unheard-of capabilities for launch on-demand, surprise, and flexibility.
If those benefits aren't enough, the space plane may be outfitted with a weapon to drop tungsten rods on Earth targets from outer space, the so-called "Rods from God." Makes you wonder 'bout those explosions in Iran ......
8 posted on
11/30/2011 3:17:47 PM PST by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: Neil E. Wright
Damn!
Those Occupy Wall Street weirdos gum up everything don’t they . . .
9 posted on
11/30/2011 3:18:59 PM PST by
Petruchio
(I Think . . . Therefor I FReep.)
To: Neil E. Wright
Maybe I don’t understand, but what is different between this vehicle and a satellite in orbit ? ....except this can came back in one piece....or at least is supposed to...
11 posted on
11/30/2011 3:20:34 PM PST by
Popman
(Obama is God's curse upon the land....)
To: Neil E. Wright
14 posted on
11/30/2011 3:24:24 PM PST by
TexasTransplant
(Radical islam is real islam. Moderate islam is the trojan horse.)
To: Neil E. Wright
Are there any forums where people are tracking it and posting their observations?
How much longer can the Air Force keep it up there?
17 posted on
11/30/2011 3:32:35 PM PST by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Neil E. Wright
20 posted on
11/30/2011 3:37:17 PM PST by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Neil E. Wright
The secretive X-37B robotic space plane is about to set its own space-endurance record on a hush-hush project
Why did you find it necessary to spill the beans?
To: Neil E. Wright
The secretive X-37B robotic space plane is about to set its own space-endurance record on a hush-hush project
Why did you find it necessary to spill the beans?
To: Neil E. Wright
When they craft one they usually craft two and parts just in case the `1st one works.. did they ?
33 posted on
11/30/2011 4:42:51 PM PST by
mosesdapoet
(Moses ..A nick name I received as a kid for warning another -It's a sin to tell a lie")
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