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Boeing Moving X-37B Operations To the Kennedy Space Center

Posted by timothy on from the so-they-can-hang-out-with-the-spacex-guys dept.

schwit1 writes "A spy plane used by the U.S. Air Force is about to get a new home: a garage at Kennedy Space Center that once housed NASA orbiters during the space shuttle era. The move was announced Friday by Boeing, the Chicago-based company that built the X-37B orbital test vehicle and is in charge of repairing the spacecraft whenever it returns to Earth. Previously, Boeing had refurbished the 29-foot-long spacecraft at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, but the company decided to relocate its fix-up shop in Florida, where the vehicle now launches."

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  1. manned cabin by l0n3s0m3phr34k · · Score: 5, Informative

    since Boeing showed these 2 years ago, I'm sure the retrofit is ready by now. The Air Force will never give up their backdoor access to space. This picture here is about all I can find...but if they drew out plans like that then the Air Force probably has it built already.

  2. Re:I wish they wouldn't by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why can't we just demilitarize NASA. The military already has their own Space Command, so why do they have to fuck with NASA as well?

    Why do dogs piss on trees? Or XBL kiddies teabag corpses in Halo?

    Because winning just isn't as much fun if you don't mark your territory.