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X-37B Robot Space Plane

StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
in Zocalo v2.0
While some worry about how Syfy shuffles around its least popular TV shows in favor of more "ressling", some actual work gets done in real science. :p :D

I didn't even know about this [URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100420/sc_space/experimentalx37brobotspaceplanetolaunchthursday"]robot space plane[/URL] until now.

Calling it a plane is a bit of a stretch though... and unless it's a transformer, it doesn't look much like a robot either.

Anyway, I hope this project isn't yet another possible casualty in a long line of canceled programs.

Comments

  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    Yeah I'd come across references to this before, although I didn't realise it was this close to a proper flight test. It'll be interesting to see how it performs
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    The only reason the X-37B hasn't been cancelled yet is that it's technically a DoD project, not a Nasa project. While Nasa will cancel a project at the slightest sign of problems in order to save money in its meagre budget, DARPA and the DoD tend to carry projects to completion no matter the outcome.
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    It's comforting to know that there are people who know what they are doing and know how to get there. :D
  • RedAssAg05RedAssAg05 Ranger
    What's going to happen when aliens make first contact with one or more of these robotic craft and--sympathetic to their pathetic life as a slave race--decide to aid them by coming to Earth and overthrowing it's human masters?

    What then, hmmm?
  • sinclairsinclair Ranger
    [URL="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/robonaut.html"]Maybe R2 will tell?[/URL]

    [IMG]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/422830main_r2_2059_226.jpg[/IMG]
  • RedAssAg05RedAssAg05 Ranger
    The Revolution will be Motorized.
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