US military's mystery space plane rockets back into orbit
Source: AP
By MARCIA DUNN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) The U.S. militarys mystery space plane rocketed into orbit again Sunday, this time with an extra load of science experiments.
Its the sixth flight of an X-37B, a solar-powered plane thats flown by remote control without a crew.
Officials arent saying how long the spacecraft will remain in orbit this time or the purpose of the mission. But a senior vice president for X-37B developer Boeing, Jim Chilton, noted each mission has been progressively longer.
The previous mission lasted a record two years, with a touchdown shrouded in darkness at NASAs Kennedy Space Center last year.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Sunday, May 17, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The mission's primary payload is the X-37B spaceplane. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Secrecy! Shhh!
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Chainfire
(17,553 posts)that money on schools. Didn't you know that education was bad? One of the great Republican success stories since Ray Gun has been wrecking the public school system. We need private schools that teach vocational courses and leaves out all of that fake science, history and fancy math.
Rainbow Droid
(722 posts)even as they covertly pursued these paths for military purposes.
But hey, consistency is not something you should ever expect from the insane, except that they will be consistently inconsistent.
kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)TomVilmer
(1,832 posts)I am dumping this here, since it just showed up today in a Facebook feed. Some good friend believed those wrong numbers, but though the reality is bad, the combined tax spending is a bit better:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/aug/17/facebook-posts/pie-chart-federal-spending-circulating-internet-mi/
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Beam weapons?
Naval Research Lab experiment to "Transform solar power into radio frequency microwave energy" that can be sent to the ground