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USAF X-37B Lands after ~2 Year Mission
718 day mission. Landed today on the KSC shuttle runway.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/05/...opilot-landing/
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I saw that on the news.
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I know a couple people that work that program. What it does is highly classified, so let your mind wander.
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It will be interesting to see if SpaceX bids to launch the X-37B spaceplanes in the future (I think they'd fit inside the Falcon 9's payload fairing, and be within its LEO payload mass capability), and: I hope that Estes, Quest, or another model rocket company produces a scale X-37B boost-glider, as either an RTF model or a kit. Such a model could be either a parasite glider or a rear-motor "power pod"-equipped one. The motor pod could be ballasted up front and be parachute-recovered, like the one in the famous (or infamous) Estes "foam Shuttle" boost glider, and a removable-for-flight plastic rocket engine display nozzle could be included.
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