After a Year In Orbit, US Air Force's X37-B Will Conclude Its Secret Mission 243
SomePgmr writes "The U.S Air Force's highly secret unmanned space plane will land in June — ending a year-long mission in orbit. The experimental Boeing X37-B has been circling Earth at 17,000 miles per hour and was due to land in California in December. It is now expected to land in mid to late June. And still, no one knows what the space drone has been doing up there all this time."
Given that this is slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
...I'm guessing most here will believe that its mission was one of unmitigated evil.
It's probably designed to shred the Constitution — from space!
2000km high club? (Score:2, Funny)
If this secret spy drone is rocking, don't come a knocking...
Or maybe the 2000km high club
'NO ONE KNOWS" ???? (Score:5, Funny)
Not even the people who launched it?
Re:'NO ONE KNOWS" ???? (Score:5, Funny)
Welcome to the world of military intelligence...
Occam's Razor (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I would guess... (Score:4, Funny)
Fast (Score:2, Funny)
17,000 miles per hour, I guess that's something like 30,000 km/h? That seems pretty fast to me. How much fuel did that consume, and how did they provide it with fuel for a whole year?
Re:Fast (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Occam's Razor (Score:5, Funny)
The only solution is to build a bypass, I hear the Vogons do really good rates these days.
Re:Given that this is slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
Missiles will be fired from it on copyright violators. Hail our Hollywood overlords.
Re:Fast (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, looks like I missed the "SPACE plane" part in the article description. I was thinking about flying through air.
Re:I just love journalists... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Fast (Score:5, Funny)
17,000 miles per hour, I guess that's something like 30,000 km/h? That seems pretty fast to me. How much fuel did that consume, and how did they provide it with fuel for a whole year?
Travelling through orbital space ain't like dusting crops, boy! It doesn't take any fuel at all. Look at the Moon, for example. It's been in orbit an awfully long time, but how long has it been since it was fuelled up?
No one knows what it's been doing all this time... (Score:5, Funny)
Not even the air force, or DARPA, or the NSA.
Government Spokesperson:
"It just kinda launched itself and seemed to be having a good time up there so we let it be."
Re:Given that this is slashdot... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Given that this is slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
"...I'm guessing most here will believe that its mission was one of unmitigated evil."
Damn political polarisation!
I favor Centrist, Mitigated Evil where all Americans can share the benefits.
Secretly sponsored by the airline industry... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Secretly sponsored by the airline industry... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Given that this is slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
But in a liberal libertarian society everyone gets their fair share of evilness plus the opportunity to contribute as much evil as back as they like. In such an environment, shared projects such as OpenEvil are free to flourish and take over the universe.
Re:No one knows what it's been doing all this time (Score:5, Funny)
Do not taunt happy fun shuttle.
Re:Given that this is slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
I won't lie -- I'm a fan of Commuevilism, where the means of evil production are owned by the people. From each according to their villainy, to each according to their vulnerability.
Re:Secret? (Score:4, Funny)
JP-7 is made of people!