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Air Force Video Reveals Secret X-37B Space Plane's Robotic Landing
Space.com ^
| 16 June 2012 Time: 08:00 PM ET
| Mike Wall
Posted on 06/17/2012 8:20:41 AM PDT by null and void
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To: null and void
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posted on
06/17/2012 8:24:32 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: null and void
I could build all kinds of conspiracy theories to go with this.
There was actually a man on board testing hypersleep in microgravity.
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posted on
06/17/2012 8:25:25 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: null and void
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posted on
06/17/2012 8:32:08 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Virgil Goode! Because everyone else is Bad!)
To: KevinDavis; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; ..
This was a flight duration test. Extra, extra.
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posted on
06/17/2012 8:34:13 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: null and void
Looks like giant gafftail catfish coming from the sky..
To: null and void
I know NASA wants us to believe that the nose is just heat shield tiles, but I think its actually Klingon design from the future.
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posted on
06/17/2012 8:36:00 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(Happiness is not a destination, its a way of life.)
To: cripplecreek
Cue the aliens guy about his opinion on this!
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posted on
06/17/2012 8:37:44 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: SunkenCiv
This was a flight duration test.
They got to you didn't they?
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posted on
06/17/2012 8:37:44 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: null and void
Looks like this is going to replace the space shuttle.
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posted on
06/17/2012 8:57:53 AM PDT
by
trailhkr1
(All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
To: null and void
Im somewhat surprised the Administration didnt somehow spook the craft into landing in Iran instead.
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posted on
06/17/2012 9:09:24 AM PDT
by
Java4Jay
(The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
To: Java4Jay
Nahhh, we need to make sure it’s fully functional first...
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posted on
06/17/2012 9:14:15 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1244 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama is not a Big Brother [he's a Big Sissy...])
To: null and void
“The secrecy has spurred speculation notably from China that the X-37B may be a space weapon of some sort, but Air Force officials have long insisted that the spacecraft is simply testing out technologies for future satellites.”
Good, at least we have something to keep them a little off balance.
This thing is just ultra-cool and very well done. Whoever the program managers are have their stuff together. They seem to make it look easy.
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posted on
06/17/2012 9:26:38 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(You've been screwed by your government.)
To: null and void
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posted on
06/17/2012 9:27:44 AM PDT
by
MindBender26
(America can survive 4 years of Romney. She cannot survive another 4 years of an unfettered Obama!)
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posted on
06/17/2012 9:37:25 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Look for the union label, then buy elsewhere.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
06/17/2012 9:46:03 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: null and void
The ultimate high ground is space, and our eyes are satelites. 2B effective, their eyes must be extraordinarily sensitive. That means they’re vulnerable. Laser blinding tech is not super expensive.
Given that SO many of our weapons rely on those birds, it would be foolhardy in a war scenario for an enemy not to try to simply scratch our “eyes” out, instead of taking us head-on:
They want to test satellite vulnerability and effective countermeasures to such an attack.
Because SO much depends on it.
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posted on
06/17/2012 10:28:45 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: trailhkr1
A Space Shuttle alternative: Smaller, cheaper, albeit with far less hauling capability. A pickup truck as opposed to an eighteen wheeler.
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posted on
06/17/2012 10:39:47 AM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
To: gaijin
Why is the Air Force talking about this bird? Wouldn’t it have been better to keep things quiet...
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posted on
06/17/2012 10:41:36 AM PDT
by
Taylor42
To: Jack Hydrazine
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