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  • X-37b Space/spy Plane Returns

    Link.....

    Lots of pics. Should go up again in <1 yr.
    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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    That's an interesting looking ship. Amazing what they can [supposed] fit in there when you don't need room for people.

    But if this plane is so super secret how did they get pictures this close up out?
    “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
    –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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    • #3
      Its external design wasn't a secret, it's pics have been posted to NASA's site for years. The secrets lie in its various missions and specific capabilities. Clues are that it can dramatically change altitude and orbital inclination several times a mission - something documented by satellite watchers.

      This all makes it a prototype for a flexible recon and orbital strike platform at the least, though an operational spacrcraft would probably be larger. Perhaps significantly so.
      Dr. Mordrid
      ----------------------------
      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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