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Here’s Everything We Know About The Mysterious Air Force Plane That Just Landed, 2 Years In Space
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| 5-8-2017
| Christopher Woody
Posted on 05/08/2017 10:28:21 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam
Got a snout likes S2 Viking.
To: blam
Looks like a space shuttle mated with a Beech Bononza
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:39:54 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: Jarhead9297
I would have said,
“This is unmanned, Surely?”
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:39:57 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(Rudy Guiuliani for Head of FBI)
To: Army Air Corps
Ever been to Liby Army Airfield?
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:40:05 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country)
To: blam
Can it knock out Fat-Un’s satellites in polar orbits?
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:41:03 AM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: USCG SimTech
Well, those SHADO patrols can take a bit of time.
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:41:37 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: DoughtyOne
So that’s why TCM ran “The Swarm” Sunday AM.
To: Calvin Locke
Uh oh, you’re piecing things together. There’ll be a knock on your door shortly.
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:44:00 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: blam
What the X-37Bs have doing during those 2,085 days in orbit is less clear, however. That's when you find out the inflight movie is Ishtar, which actually happened to me on an international flight one time. Welcome to Hell.
To: beethovenfan
Can it knock out Fat-Un’s satellites in polar orbits?
Like armadillos. Needs some retrofit before hitting that mission.
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:45:38 AM PDT
by
txhurl
(BOOM BOOM! - what is it - :)
To: SandRat
No, I can’t say that I have.
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:46:54 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: txhurl
A little Bondo will take care of that.
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:47:35 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: DoughtyOne
To: blam
I am hoping they’ve got some good drive-thrus in space.
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:48:17 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: blam
I think it’s a safe bet that the mission is surveillance.
That being said, I really wish we had a Rods From God capability. Imagine an orbiting platform loaded with tungsten rods. Maneuver over a hot spot and, if needed, drop a heavy kinetic weapon at about Mach 10 or something.
Delivery time in just a few minutes, no chance of blocking the weapon. BOOM!
If you need to re-load, land the plane and add some more rods. It’s cheap, it’s powerful, it’s unstoppable, and there is no radiation or chemical residue.
But I imagine the plane in question simply had cameras. Sigh.
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:48:38 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: blam
Germ-proof suits as vehicle sits on open tarmac... must be a government operation...
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:50:28 AM PDT
by
Gman
To: Billthedrill
Have you recovered, or do you still suffer horrifying flashbacks?
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:50:29 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: ClearCase_guy
That is an AWESOME idea !!!!
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:51:29 AM PDT
by
bantam
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:52:13 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Gman
Safety suits are likely due to hydrazine in the space plane’s fuel. It is extremely toxic.
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posted on
05/08/2017 10:54:10 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Never begin a vast project with half-vast ideas.)
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