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23. No, it could not. (nt)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 05:11 PM

Jun 2012

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Unmanned Air Force space plane lands after secret mission [View all] LongTomH Jun 2012 OP

I know I get warm fuzzy ,how much $$$ ??? orpupilofnature57 Jun 2012 #1

unmanned flights operate at a tiny fraction of manned flights. grantcart Jun 2012 #21

It is a drone quaker bill Jun 2012 #2

Could it be a satellite killer? Auggie Jun 2012 #3

Satellite killer - or something else all together SkatmanRoth Jun 2012 #8

kinda wondering if it's because of stuff like this.. canuckledragger Jun 2012 #4

This was an abandoned NASA program, IIRC. Gore1FL Jun 2012 #5

DoD space budget is already larger than NASA's space budget. joshcryer Jun 2012 #17

"469-day military mission" boppers Jun 2012 #6

Could the secret mission be CHEMTRAILS? Sanity Claws Jun 2012 #9

No, it could not. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #23

Here is a pic of the spacecraft eringer Jun 2012 #10

It is rather small MnExpat Jun 2012 #11

thanks for the pics otherone Jun 2012 #12

If it's so "secret" then how come it's in a news story? 99th_Monkey Jun 2012 #13

Its "mission" was secret. joshcryer Jun 2012 #16

The culture of science isn't secretive daleo Jun 2012 #22

They can do a lot with unmanned aircraft. n/t davidwparker Jun 2012 #14

No replacement for shuttle, space program defunded... JackRiddler Jun 2012 #15

Hmmm... we couldn't kill Bin Laden... krispos42 Jun 2012 #18

So we can't afford a space program cbrer Jun 2012 #19