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Has anyone heard or seen some info on the USAF A/S/F-37 space plane.  Heard a notice that it is completing a year in orbit this month. 

 

I guess the US can really keep a secret if we need to. 

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X-37. Been in orbit twice now. Bout the only complete info out there tho is that it exists, launch and recovery times.

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It has been public news for some time. It is one reason that the USAF had no care about whether the NASA space shuttle was being retired... they had already developed one for their own purposes. They would like an upscaled version, X-37C, that could carry larger payloads including people.

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What - all the info is on Wikipedia what are you on about?

 

Actually had no idea this stubby Space Shuttle thing existed till now

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Keep in mind that they almost always have something that you don't know about  :big_boss:

So, given this thing has been public for quite some time, what else do they have that isn't public?

Edited by streakeagle

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Shouldn't it be called 'The un-secret space plane' now?

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Yes its perhaps not as secret as it was now there is a photo.

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Considering this started as a very public unclassified program, there's nothing secret about it other than what they have it doing. It's appearance and overall payload and other abilities are already out there. It's like suddenly saying "wait, we want to classify the existence of the F-22!" A bit too late for that.

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