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Robot Spaceplane To Launch In 2008
FleaPlus writes "The US Air Force has announced that it is developing an unmanned reusable spaceplane, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. The first launch is in 2008 on an Atlas V rocket. The X-37B will be one-fourth the size of the Space Shuttle and serve as a testbed for technologies for future reusable spacecraft. Its predecessor, the X-37, was drop-tested from the Scaled Composites White Knight mothership earlier this year."
Good job on the karma whoring.
I just dropped a juicy deuce. Thought it was going to be a nice thick jimmy rocket, but after the first 2 solid inches came out, it was more like popping the cork on a bottle of champagne. I blew stool all over that fucking bowl, my God what a fucking mess.
Hillary Clinton and the new Democratic administration will cancel it anyway, along with the CEV and the rest of the space program. The money will be diverted to "social studies" and "social causes".
Kiss your space science goodbye, it's not going to come back.
You'll never see a Moon landing again. For all their propaganda, the Chinese won't be up for it for quite some time and they'll soon realize there's no gain in it.
The Europeans? They're not interested in space. Only money.
You'll grow old and die on this Earth, with no hope whatsoever to reach the stars, for yourself or mandkind. So will your kids and nephews. Deal with it. Give it up. It's over.