Posted on 06/04/2014 4:07:54 PM PDT by equalator
NASA is just about ready to test-launch its so-called flying saucer into the edge of space.
The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator is literally a flying saucer. The original launch date of June 3 was scrubbed because of weather. The next potential launch date is Thursday, June 5, NASA said.
"The agency is moving forward and getting ready for Mars as part of NASA's Evolvable Mars campaign," said Michael Gazarik, associate administrator for Space Technology at NASA Headquarters, in a news release. "We fly, we learn, we fly again. We have two more vehicles in the works for next year."
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxny.com ...
surprised they dont have a crescent moon on it surprised it aint called magic carpet one
Sounds like its an aerobraking test vehicle.
It looks like a platform rather than a ship
Doesn’t look anything like the saucers I’ve seen!
Is it shaped like a Crescent to appease the Muslims?
“We fly, we learn, we fly again. We have two more vehicles in the works for next year.”
One is electric...one is coal fired!
Roswell was 1947 - what took ‘em so long?
Like Calypso Louie's Mother Plane!
It’s not April 1st?
Oh how I wish it were
Somewhere there are Aliens unable to breath through hysterical laughter at the sight of this.
“Sure would hate to mistake part of the weapons system for part of the propulsion system.”
Obama would consider that a big plus - as long as we only destroyed the US.
“I need a cover story to explain why half of Utah is missing.”
I hope so. Sounds like a great idea, though. It might just work. Then maybe the aliens will smile like the proud parents of a child eschewing his training wheels.
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With that propulsion system.... its bound to be just a round, flying, fuel tank.
Agree....
“One is electric...one is coal fired!”
And the third was a plate thrown by a wife at her cheating husband’s head. The kid next door just cropped the shot he got on his i-phone to make look like a space craft
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