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| Secretive Air Force X-37B space plane is launching its sixth mission in May that's expected to break its previous record of 780 days in low orbit |
| 2020-04-30 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 Not it packs and launches, visually, like a standard payload. Doesn't wing-up till the second stage. Tells me they could mount it on a 3 stage. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-04-30 18:09 |
| #10 Like straight out of a Tom Clancy novel, you could probably put an astronaut in the X-37B cargo bay and bring him / her back, but it would mean surviving for at least 24 hours in an EVA package. Including prep, launch, mission and return. Not encouraging, but in desperate straights, who knows? *raises hand* |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-04-30 15:21 |
| #9 That little X-37B is an awesome little toy. It should make China very, very, very nervous. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-04-30 15:03 |
| #8 It'll be interesting to read about the missions and experiments being conducted by the X-37 someday. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-04-30 14:52 |
| #7 Isn't this pretty much the same concept as the Space Shuttle? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-04-30 14:52 |
| #6 And that's desperate straits. My usage is fine, spelchek is not. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-04-30 12:38 |
| #5 Like straight out of a Tom Clancy novel, you could probably put an astronaut in the X-37B cargo bay and bring him / her back, but it would mean surviving for at least 24 hours in an EVA package. Including prep, launch, mission and return. Not encouraging, but in desperate straights, who knows? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-04-30 12:36 |
| #4 Um, there are two we know about. X-37C, if built would allow 6 |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-04-30 12:32 |
| #3 Any sense on how many we have? Curious if they can take a manned package up todo special things and then come back, offering real plausible deniability? It is after all a mini space shuttle. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2020-04-30 11:27 |
| #2 Look out for that Iranian satellite. |
| Posted by: bbrewer126 2020-04-30 11:27 |
| #1 The x-37B has been far more useful that I think anyone expected. The fact there's been no rust to build a bigger or more improved version indicates it's "a pretty nifty kite." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-04-30 07:45 |