X-37B unmanned space shuttle set to be launched by U.S. tonight... top secret

[outlander]

X-37B unmanned space shuttle to be launched tonight | Mail Online

It looks like the space shuttle's more diminutive cousin - but experts say it was created with technology from a generation beyond.

The U.S. military is poised to launch the mysterious X-37B unmanned winged spacecraft tonight - but what America plans to do with it there is anyone's guess.

The mission has been wrapped in secrecy from the get-go.

Read more: X-37B unmanned space shuttle to be launched tonight | Mail Online

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From Space.com

SPACE.com -- Some Details of Secretive X-37B Space Plane Revealed

It's a tight-lipped affair, with its builder — Boeing Phantom Works — pledged to retain vocal silence on the flight — advising this reporter here that they "defer to the customer" — the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office.

The secrecy surrounding this is somewhat disturbing. I thought Obama wanted to usher in a new era of open government. Do the American people not have the right to know where 100's of millions of tax dollars are going in this mission?

[7redorbs]

Hey Sean,
What a great craft!! We can only wonder about what it truly does, ahh - what is most expected ;) Inter-planetary defense is a reality that man cannot ignore forever?


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