...Military Space Plane (X-37b) to Launch February 26

"M" wrote in message
...
Actually, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory build the MER Spirit and
Opportunity.
JPL is under contract from NASA. So is JHUAPL, who built and operate
New Horizons and did the NEAR mission to Eros

It's hopeless to correct Bob Haller. He's a well known net kook who's logic
and reasoning skills are hopelessly flawed. That's why he's in most
everyone's killfile.

Jeff
--
"Many things that were acceptable in 1958 are no longer acceptable today.
My own standards have changed too." -- Freeman Dyson

On Dec 15, 6:54*pm, (J.D. Baldwin)
wrote:
In the previous article, jonathan wrote:

* * Gee, I wonder what else was transferred from NASA to the
military under Bush?

If you want a list, just write down all the stuff that actually
works. *That's the stuff NASA doesn't do.

That's a rather substantial list, and it's growing.

Why don't we ask our William Mook (aka wizard of Oz) to take over?

If all agencies (including DoD) and public funded services (including
retirements and benefits) were given a presidential mandate of -10%/
year budget, what would survive?

~ BG

"jonathan" writes:

X-37b
http://space.skyrocket.de/index_fram..._sdat/x-37.htm

February 26, 2009: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket to launch the
Pentagon's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle space plane prototype from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches..._schedule.html

That's interesting. The X-37B launch was scheduled for a February 2009
launch first, then swapped with the LRO launch to occur in November and now
it's back to February 2009. What's with LRO then?


Jochem

--
"A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no
longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

*From:* "jonathan"
*Date:* Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:38:57 -0500
WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force has decided not to adopt NASAs
orphaned X-33
and X-34 experimental rockets or take on a greater role in the
agencys X-37 space
vehicle program, according to industry and government sources.
X-37, meanwhile, remains a funded NASA program with limited Air
Force
involvement.
An Air Force spokesperson declined to comment on the matter
http://www.space.com/news/military_space_010905.html



.....ohmygosh....they lied to us about the X-37! Go figure.
So what really happened to the X-33?

Look at the careful wording. My guess would be that the USAF already had
some sort of sharing agreement with NASA for the X37 before NASA pulled
out, so the launch to come is not a greater role, merely what they were
going to do anyway...

On Dec 15, 6:38*pm, "jonathan" wrote:
X-37bhttp://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://www.skyrocket.de/spa...

February 26, 2009: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket to launch the
Pentagon's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle space plane prototype from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.http://www.space.com/missionlaunches..._schedule.html

"The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is similar to the space shuttle, except it's
about a fourth the size and unmanned. The OTV can return from space on its own,
said Lt. Col. Kevin Walker, an Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office program
manager. "
"The X-37 program, originally a NASA initiative, was transferred to the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency in 2004. The Air Force's X-37B program builds
upon the early development and testing conducted by NASA, DARPA and the Air
Force Research Laboratory."http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123032226

* * Gee, I wonder what else was transferred from NASA to the military under
Bush?

WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force has decided not to adopt NASAs orphaned X-33
and X-34 experimental rockets or take on a greater role in the agencys X-37
space
vehicle program, according to industry and government sources.
X-37, meanwhile, remains a funded NASA program with limited Air Force
involvement.
An Air Force spokesperson declined to comment on the matterhttp://www.space.com/news/military_space_010905.html

.....ohmygosh....they lied to us about the X-37! *Go figure.
* * * * So what really happened to the X-33?

NASA Concludes X-33 Engine Test Series with
90-Second Burn

"There were no anomalies," Foerman said. "It looks like it was a good test.