X-37B update

The Air Force has released some info about the X-37B, whose launch has been delayed several times: Air Force space plane shooting for April launch - Spaceflight Now .

Additional background info:
/-- Boeing X-37 - Wikipedia
/-- X-37B OTV-1 - Wikipedia

Posted 11/24/09 | 08:09:29 by TopSpacer | Filed under: Military Space

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shuttle was an albatross. the air force ditched that bird fast.

lets hope NASA doesn't get saddled with this one too

Posted by donnie at 11/24/09 16:57:53

X-37 doesn't pretend to be anything other than an experimental testbed, which we need more of (that actually get finished and fly, of course...too many other X-vehicles simply became money pits). Let's see how it actually performs before worrying about who gets 'saddled' with what.

And don't let the Shuttle experience scare you away from winged RLVs completely and forever (though I'm more than okay with semi-ballistic designs, too). There was nothing fundamentally wrong there, it was merely a poor implementation of a good idea (as is ISS, with respect to space stations in general)...

Posted by Frank Glover at 11/26/09 11:12:33

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