Topic: Secret Mini Space Shuttle Could Launch April 19

[sam]

It's cute. It's little. It's also top secret. The X-37B orbital test vehicle is at Cape Canaveral in Florida, and the word is that it will be launched on board an Atlas V rocket on Monday April 19, 2010 at around 10 pm EDT. Other than that, the Air Force isn't saying much about this mini-space shuttle look-alike. The reusable unmanned vehicle is capable of staying in orbit for 270 days, but the mission duration hasn't been announced. Additionally, the ship has a payload bay for experiments and deployable satellites, but no word if any payloads will be included on the inaugural flight of this mini space plane.

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/03/18/secret-mini-space-shuttle-could-launch-april-19/

-- cool... one step closer to a space fighter?

[Clive]

Wow!  Nice find Sam!   

[Simon]

It isn't top secret now! 

[Clive]

Give us a wave as you pass by Sam.   

[sam]

lol. If only.