"This Is How The X-37B Spaceplane Can 'Disappear'" Topic
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Tango01  | 27 Jul 2019 11:17 a.m. PST |
"Former Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson revealed to an audience last week that the X-37B spaceplane can pull off maneuvers in space that drives potential adversaries "nuts." Although maddeningly unspecific, experts believe she was referring to the X-37B's ability to change its orbit, throwing off both amateur and professional satellite watchers and making the spacecraft unpredictable. According to Military.com, Wilson was speaking at the Apsen Security Forum when she remarked that the X-37B "can do an orbit that looks like an egg and, when it's close to the Earth, it's close enough to the atmosphere to turn where it is."…"
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| Lion in the Stars | 27 Jul 2019 12:01 p.m. PST |
Sounds like diving into the atmosphere deep enough to change your heading by 'flying'. And yes, that would be incredibly maddening for someone trying to track the X37! |
| Thresher01 | 27 Jul 2019 5:33 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 28 Jul 2019 2:45 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!.
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| SouthernPhantom | 28 Jul 2019 2:46 p.m. PST |
If this capability is deployed and publicized, just imagine what's still in testing in the "black" realm… |
| Thresher01 | 29 Jul 2019 12:39 a.m. PST |
Lazers, Rods from God, ECM, chaff, plasma envelope, sandcasters, etc., etc.. Must be some toxic stuff in/on/around that vehicle for the guys to be dressed in full spacesuits to check it out, since presumably it is unmanned. Might be able to carry some crew, if needed, in a pinch, I suspect. Would love to know more about what they use it for, other than satellite images, and perhaps as a test-bed for larger craft. |
| Lion in the Stars | 29 Jul 2019 12:43 p.m. PST |
Must be some toxic stuff in/on/around that vehicle for the guys to be dressed in full spacesuits to check it out, since presumably it is unmanned. Probably hydrazine thrusters, just like the Shuttle. The only way for hydrazine to be more toxic is if it was radioactive! |
| Ghostrunner | 29 Jul 2019 1:55 p.m. PST |
Might be able to carry some crew, if needed, in a pinch, I suspect. Probably akin to riding around in your Tesla, in a wetsuit, in the trunk, for a week. Or riding in a Gemini capsule <shudder>… |
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