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Mystery Space Plane Coming Home, Still No Clue What it Does
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| 12/1/2010
| Defense Tech
Posted on 12/01/2010 8:42:50 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
"Mystery Space Plane Coming Home, Still No Clue What it Does" Muslim outreach, most likely.
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posted on
12/01/2010 8:45:14 PM PST
by
Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; Mr. Mojo; James C. Bennett; mowowie; Captain Beyond; darkwing104; JRios1968; ...
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
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posted on
12/01/2010 8:50:14 PM PST
by
Tribune7
(The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
To: Flag_This
Muslim outreach, most likely. Yeah... in one way or another, you could say it does have that ability.
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Amateur were trying to keep up with it for awhile. One even managed to photograph it silhouetted against the the sun while it was in orbit.
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posted on
12/01/2010 8:53:37 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BradyLS
Amateur astronomers, that is...
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posted on
12/01/2010 8:54:18 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
The Air Force has a branch called Space Command. It is a given they aren’t doing humanitarian work with their toys.
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posted on
12/01/2010 8:55:33 PM PST
by
wrench
To: wrench
“The Air Force has a branch called Space Command.”
I was in the Navy from 3/67 - 12/70. The Air Force used to leave me quivering.....mostly in laughter!
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posted on
12/01/2010 9:00:16 PM PST
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Placing Obama’s birth certificate and college transcripts safely into Earth’s orbit.
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posted on
12/01/2010 9:06:01 PM PST
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: Rembrandt
Watch it now, make those Chair Force guys mad, and you will never get a T time on any of their bases again.
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posted on
12/01/2010 9:07:18 PM PST
by
wrench
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Probably spying on other countries satellites.
Do spy satellites ever need to be refueled? I would think that this would be something that mini-shuttle could do.
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posted on
12/01/2010 9:14:07 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
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To: wrench
“Watch it now, make those Chair Force guys mad, and you will never get a T time on any of their bases again.”
<;-)
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posted on
12/01/2010 9:14:15 PM PST
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: smokingfrog
They let the satellite “die” by plunging it in the atmosphere. I know DARPA is working on refueling a satellite but I think that the X-34 and X-37 can do this task.
To: Rembrandt
Wish my X carrier pilot bro in law was here.....he knows
more Air Force jokes than I know Lucas Electrics jokes!
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posted on
12/01/2010 9:33:01 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(What's "My Struggle" in Kenyan?)
To: wrench
Space Command to Major Tom.....
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posted on
12/01/2010 9:35:18 PM PST
by
ully2
(ully)
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Here is my guess: we have secret technology that can listen to conversations on the ground from space by precisely measuring air pressure.
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posted on
12/01/2010 9:39:16 PM PST
by
garjog
To: smokingfrog
It’s prohibited to refuel your own satellite in New Jersey; full service only.
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posted on
12/01/2010 9:50:34 PM PST
by
La.daddyrabbit
(Now that obama is in the spotlight, he's really showing his true color.)
To: garjog
I know that is supposed to be funny, but did you know the Russians actually use something very similar to that for super sensitive conversations?
Soviet GRU defector Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun described it just like that in his book “Aquarium”, which he published under the pen name of Victor Suvurov. The only difference I can see, is that in his description, Rezun said the device had a flexible hose connecting the bubble helmets.
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posted on
12/01/2010 9:52:59 PM PST
by
Ronin
("Dismantle the TSA and send the screeners back to Wal-Mart.")
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
My theory is that it captures foreign satellites inside it's big bay and then brings them home for examination.
It can also, of course, bring things into orbit in that same bay.
Even people.
Or bring them back, too - like in an emergency.
Anybody remember the "XRV Rescue Glider" from the 1969 movie "Marooned"?
And here's the NASA X-38 experimental space rescue vehicle:
And here is the actual X-37 UAV currently in orbit:
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posted on
12/01/2010 10:04:40 PM PST
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)
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