X-37B

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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6700 Credit: 1,282,560 RAC: 682	Message 1241180 - Posted: 4 Jun 2012, 17:22:44 UTC
	Interesting.... X-37B ____________
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Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21680 Credit: 2,443,662 RAC: 0	Message 1241185 - Posted: 4 Jun 2012, 17:28:07 UTC - in response to Message 1241180.
	At least this drone didn't land in Iran. ____________
	ID: 1241185 ·

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6700 Credit: 1,282,560 RAC: 682	Message 1241254 - Posted: 4 Jun 2012, 19:14:33 UTC - in response to Message 1241185.
	lol...just thinking out loud here... As it's unmanned, wonder why NASA couldn't use something similar to service the ISS. ____________
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Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21680 Credit: 2,443,662 RAC: 0	Message 1241279 - Posted: 4 Jun 2012, 19:55:54 UTC - in response to Message 1241254.
	It's prolly cheaper to contract SpaceX. ____________
	ID: 1241279 ·

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6700 Credit: 1,282,560 RAC: 682	Message 1241299 - Posted: 4 Jun 2012, 20:31:41 UTC - in response to Message 1241279.
	Maybe, but this was already in use before SpaceX had a successful mission. ____________
	ID: 1241299 ·

rob smith Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 5451 Credit: 20,723,328 RAC: 127,819	Message 1241303 - Posted: 4 Jun 2012, 20:37:29 UTC
	What are the payload capabilities to ISS's orbit? ____________ Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?
	ID: 1241303 ·

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6700 Credit: 1,282,560 RAC: 682	Message 1241311 - Posted: 4 Jun 2012, 20:56:18 UTC - in response to Message 1241303.
	Don't know, but to me, it looks like the Experiment bay on the X-37B appears larger than SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule. ____________
	ID: 1241311 ·

rob smith Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 5451 Credit: 20,723,328 RAC: 127,819	Message 1241316 - Posted: 4 Jun 2012, 21:07:05 UTC
	Just done some digging, the Dragon's payload to LEO is about 13,000 pounds, compared to the X37B's max launch weight of about 11,000 pounds; payload volume is 10 cubic metres against 0.75 cubic metres. That makes the x37 a baby in comparison to the Dragon - that might be the answer to my question :-( ____________ Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?
	ID: 1241316 ·

Duane Send message Joined: 23 Jun 08 Posts: 101 Credit: 1,131,111 RAC: 0	Message 1241328 - Posted: 4 Jun 2012, 21:21:02 UTC
	Perhaps it was dropping candy to the good little girls and boys.
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6700 Credit: 1,282,560 RAC: 682	Message 1241336 - Posted: 4 Jun 2012, 21:37:32 UTC - in response to Message 1241316.
	Thanks Rob. I should've researched that more rather than compare diagrams. ____________
	ID: 1241336 ·

tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 2905 Credit: 259,140 RAC: 300	Message 1241530 - Posted: 5 Jun 2012, 3:34:55 UTC
	From what I know the main difference, apart from size, between X-37B and Shuttle is that X-37B has solar panels and can stay in orbit much longer than the Shuttle. Tullio ____________
	ID: 1241530 ·

Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 660 Credit: 62,144 RAC: 89	Message 1241568 - Posted: 5 Jun 2012, 5:29:31 UTC
	Also the X37B can land on a runway as it has wings and landing gear. It started as a research craft to lead to a manned mini shuttle, but has become and end unto itself. ____________ Bob DeWoody
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 2905 Credit: 259,140 RAC: 300	Message 1241592 - Posted: 5 Jun 2012, 6:44:28 UTC Last modified: 5 Jun 2012, 7:12:09 UTC
	There are some space mysteries. According to the NYTimes the National Reconnaissance Office has turned over to NASA two space telescopes, similar to Hubble, but with a shorter focal length, used probably to watch possible enemy countries and not the stars. I believe they were carried in orbit by some military Shuttle mission and then brought back. Now NASA intends to deploy one to search for dark energy, after putting it again in orbit in 2020. Tullio ____________
	ID: 1241592 ·

Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22736 Credit: 4,516,630 RAC: 5,672	Message 1241648 - Posted: 5 Jun 2012, 11:23:26 UTC
	Tiangong
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 2905 Credit: 259,140 RAC: 300	Message 1247842 - Posted: 18 Jun 2012, 8:14:17 UTC
	X-37B has landed. I saw a video on www.msnbc.com. Tullio ____________
	ID: 1247842 ·

Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 660 Credit: 62,144 RAC: 89	Message 1248292 - Posted: 19 Jun 2012, 9:17:49 UTC
	The X-37B landed from it's first mission (whatever that was) quite a while back. Are you referring to a second launch and landing? ____________ Bob DeWoody
	ID: 1248292 ·

tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 2905 Credit: 259,140 RAC: 300	Message 1248329 - Posted: 19 Jun 2012, 12:12:48 UTC - in response to Message 1248292.
	The X-37B landed from it's first mission (whatever that was) quite a while back. Are you referring to a second launch and landing? Yes. The second mission was longer than the first one. A third mission, with the first craft, is planned in autumn. Tullio ____________
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