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2020-05-08 Science & Technology

US Military reveals mission details of secretive X-37B space plane for the first time ahead of orbital flight where it will carry out research on space radiation and microwave energy

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Is this sort of like NASA saying every astronaut launch involved studying the effects of weightlessness on humans?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-08 08:25|| 2020-05-08 08:25|| Front Page Top

#2 And a new wrinkle this time: a service module.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-08 11:20|| 2020-05-08 11:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Spectrum mapping

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-08 11:25|| 2020-05-08 11:25|| Front Page Top

#4 USAF Official: "Going, umm, [points] up there. Questions?"

Posted by magpie 2020-05-08 18:03|| 2020-05-08 18:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah. Sub-orbital swamp gas spectral analysis.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-05-08 18:18|| 2020-05-08 18:18|| Front Page Top

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