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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0 |
At least this drone didn't land in Iran. me@rescam.org |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
lol...just thinking out loud here... As it's unmanned, wonder why NASA couldn't use something similar to service the ISS. |
Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0 |
It's prolly cheaper to contract SpaceX. me@rescam.org |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Maybe, but this was already in use before SpaceX had a successful mission. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22535 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
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? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Don't know, but to me, it looks like the Experiment bay on the X-37B appears larger than SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22535 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
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? |
Convergence Send message Joined: 23 Jun 08 Posts: 117 Credit: 2,928,788 RAC: 0 |
Perhaps it was dropping candy to the good little girls and boys. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Thanks Rob. I should've researched that more rather than compare diagrams. |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
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 |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
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 My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
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 |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
X-37B has landed. I saw a video on www.msnbc.com. Tullio |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
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 My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
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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