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Tango01 | 06 Apr 2020 12:22 p.m. PST |
…. The First Of America's Space Weapons?. "A Dutch skywatcher achieved a rare feat in late June and early July 2019. Using a 10-inch-diameter telescope fitted with a camera, Ralf Vandebergh photographed the U.S. Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane in mid-mission 210 miles over Earth's surface. "We can recognize a bit of the nose, payload bay and tail of this mini-shuttle, with even a sign of some smaller detail," Vandebergh told Space.com. Vandebergh had been hunting for the robotic spacecraft for months and finally managed to track it down in May 2019, according to Space.com reporter Leonard David. But it took a few more weeks to actually photograph the roughly 29-feet-long robotic shuttle…"
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But…Space weapons are prohibited by treaty (for now). Amicalement Armand
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Eclectic Wave | 06 Apr 2020 1:49 p.m. PST |
More likely it's a spy satellite. Getting pictures back down has always been a issue. If you send it electronically, you risk the data being intercepted by who you are spying on, and what you are looking at is good spy intel for whoam you are spying on. The X-37 B, is perfect for spying and returning the info back to Earth. |
Thresher01 | 06 Apr 2020 4:16 p.m. PST |
Probably. Yea, a maneuverable spy shuttle, though it could carry other things too, I suspect, like canned, instant sunshine. Would make a good taxi for ferrying aliens hidden in their cloaked, secret base in Earth orbit back and forth to their underground base planetside, too. |
Tango01 | 07 Apr 2020 12:40 p.m. PST |
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