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Posted: 4/18/2010 1:41:15 PM EDT
New unmanned spacecraft set to launch
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle in the encapsulation cell at the Astrotech facility in April 2010, in Titusville, Fla. Air Force officials are scheduled to launch the X-37B April 21, 2010, at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. The X-37B is the U.S.'s newest and most advanced unmanned re-usable spacecraft. |
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:30:41 PM EDT
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They forgot to put MOAB on the side of it.
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:34:57 PM EDT
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I hope the launch is shown on NASA-TV. I like to see the big Atlas boosters go. They really GTFO!
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:35:35 PM EDT
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We still had some money to do this?
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:36:08 PM EDT
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I like the acoustic panels inside that faring.
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:36:43 PM EDT
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Whats all the shiny polished metal on the capsule for?
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:37:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: I like the acoustic panels inside that faring. Why are they there? Mongo not understand. |
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:37:21 PM EDT
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We still had some money to do this? look closely...there is probably a "made in china" sticker on there somewhere.... 
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:38:43 PM EDT
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I like the acoustic panels inside that faring. Why are they there? Mongo not understand. Uhh, to keep the acoustic environment of the launch vehicle from fragging the payload. |
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:45:37 PM EDT
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Quoted: Uhh, to keep the acoustic environment of the launch vehicle from fragging the payload. Is that mostly because the fairing is so thin and generally unreinforced? |
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:47:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:48:24 PM EDT
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Quoted: We still had some money to do this? Air Force: not NASA |
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:51:47 PM EDT
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Whats the reason for it? If its used to deliver satellites or something, whats the point of making it reusable?
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:59:19 PM EDT
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This vehicle can take a payload to LEO for several days (or weeks, even) and then return that payload to earth in a controlled landing.
NRO, anyone? |
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Posted: 4/18/2010 2:59:40 PM EDT
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It's already "flown", but not into space yet
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Posted: 4/18/2010 3:18:27 PM EDT
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We still had some money to do this? Part of the Bush plan to warm the globe. |
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Posted: 4/18/2010 4:14:02 PM EDT
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This vehicle can take a payload to LEO for several days (or weeks, even) and then return that payload to earth in a controlled landing. NRO, anyone? It can loiter in orbit for three quarters of a year. |
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Posted: 4/18/2010 4:15:17 PM EDT
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Quoted: We still had some money to do this? No, but we're doing it anyway. Just like everything else nowadays. |
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