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Star Wars 2010? U.S. military launch space plane on maiden voyage... but its mission is top secret
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ ^
| April 23, 2010
| Biggirl
Posted on 04/23/2010 4:48:38 AM PDT by Biggirl
A top secret space plane developed by the US military has blasted off from Cape Canaveral on its maiden voyage. Billed as a small shuttle, the unmanned X-37B heralds the next generation of space exploration. It will be the first craft to carry out an autonomous re-entry in the history of the US programme. But its mission - and its cost - remain shrouded in secrecy. The Air Force said the launch was a success but would give no further details.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alteredtitle; boeing; military; nasa; rocket; space; spaceexploration; topsecret; x37b
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:48:39 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
To: Biggirl
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:50:47 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
To: Biggirl
It will be the first craft to carry out an autonomous re-entry in the history of the US programme. What does that really mean?
To: Biggirl
It has a cargo bay. From the looks of it, the bay could hold 8-10 Mark 4A re-entry vehicles.
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:51:15 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("And the pony looked a little bored...")
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:54:36 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Don't think of work as 5 days on, 2 days off. Instead think 4 nights on, 3 off.)
To: Biggirl
Obama has commandeered it for a mission to search for and pick up the 12th imam.
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:54:49 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
To: ClearCase_guy
What does that really mean? Just what it says - it's going to (try to) land without a pilot.
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:54:59 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: CholeraJoe
Good news!
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:55:05 AM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: Rebelbase
If you guys could have kept this news OFF the net he’d never know eh!
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:57:54 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
("Git Out The Way")
To: Biggirl
The aliens have made it clear they don’t want any more manned vehicles in space.
To: muawiyah
Well, THANK both Matt Drudge and the UK Mail for getting the word OUT.
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posted on
04/23/2010 4:59:19 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(I Have A New Rainbow Bridge Baby, Negritia! =^..^=)
To: Jack Hammer
Not surprising considering that they do not want to deal with Obama, SARC. LOL!
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:00:33 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(I Have A New Rainbow Bridge Baby, Negritia! =^..^=)
To: ClearCase_guy
I wondered about that, too. If it is supposed to mean that it is landed by remote control (from the ground), isn’t that what they did with the earliest unmanned rockets? Don’t tell me the first monkeys in space landed their own capsules.
To: Biggirl
To: jim_trent
I wondered about that, too. If it is supposed to mean that it is landed by remote control (from the ground), isn’t that what they did with the earliest unmanned rockets? Don’t tell me the first monkeys in space landed their own capsules.
Capsules were pretty much unguided once they started reentry. The X-37, like the Shuttle, will glide to a runway landing ... just without a pilot onboard.
To: ClearCase_guy
I would have to believe it was a self aware machine if it was truly self-governing and independent.
If it was controlled from the ground then it would not be autonomous.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:12:50 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Capitalism = billions raised from poverty, Socialism = billions reduced to starvation)
To: listenhillary
I, for one, welcome our new overlord.
To: jim_trent
I think it means landing on a runway like the shuttle without a pilot on board.
Maybe even without (much) remote control.
They have indeed used parachuted or crash landing re-entries since the 60's.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:16:18 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: ClearCase_guy
It’s got to be better than our current situation.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:17:29 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Capitalism = billions raised from poverty, Socialism = billions reduced to starvation)
To: jim_trent
It’s landing is done autonomously. Beside the command to begin re-entry, all the ‘decisions’ and control are run by the systems on board the craft.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:21:35 AM PDT
by
Sax
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