The New York Times article on the X-37 contains two very weak assertions. How about this one: “The craft’s payload bay is the size of a pickup truck bed, suggesting that it can not only expose experiments to the void of outer space but also deploy and retrieve small satellites.” (emphasis added) I guess you [...]
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I Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny
Posted: May 24, 2010 in Air Force, Air Force Space Capabilities, Air Force Space Command, Offensive Space Operations, Space Weaponization?, X-37Tags: Air Force Space Command
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Ground Control To Major Bomb
Posted: April 21, 2010 in Space Plane, Space Weaponization?, Uncategorized, USAF, X-37Feel free to laugh your guts out or at least to chuckle knowingly at this article in the CSM Air Force to launch X-37 space plane: Precursor to war in orbit? For example: “For the first time, the service will launch the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, a brand new, unmanned spacecraft to demonstrate the military’s ability [...]
China’s Military Space Ambitions
Posted: November 5, 2009 in China, Space Weaponization?Tags: China
What does it mean when we say space is for peaceful purposes and should benefit all mankind? How do we reconcile that “peaceful purposes” and “mankind” stuff with the fact space is militarized? Historically, the fact space is militarized hasn’t been a problem. We have long used military satellites to provide missile warning, communications, weather, [...]
