Space Plane: Mysterious US military aircraft launches

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Post by willvarfar » Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:02 PM UTC

Space Plane: Mysterious US military aircraft launches
bbc.co.uk

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Post by chrisseaton » Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:37 PM UTC

Did this mission not transfer to the new Space Force? If not, what kind of things are they doing?

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Post by shockinglytrue » Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:42 PM UTC

The press around the X-37B continues to perplex, it's particularly disappointing to see this "super secret but let's talk about it constantly" article using the word "very" 3 times.

I think it was drilled into me by the age of 12 to avoid "very" in written English in order not to obviously oversell, and yet here it is from a professional writer working for the BBC

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Post by pengaru » Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:43 PM UTC

"power-beaming technology"

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Post by shockinglytrue » Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:43 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #2

Did this mission not transfer to the new Space Force? If not, what kind of things are they doing?

Given the frequency and consistency of narrative with which it appears in the press, at this stage I'm convinced it's an empty UAV used entirely for some marketing purpose

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Post by HenryKissinger » Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:43 PM UTC

> Mysterious US military aircraft launches

> Mysterious US military aircraft

Journalists need to stop using adjectives like "mysterious" when writing about the X-37B. While the aircraft's technology and missions are classified, there is nothing mysterious about the existence of the plane itself.

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Post by NortySpock » Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:48 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #2

Did this mission not transfer to the new Space Force? If not, what kind of things are they doing?

It did transfer to the Space Force. The mission number is USSF-7, not USAF-7.

https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2020/05/17/united-launc...

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Post by icegreentea2 » Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:51 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #2

Did this mission not transfer to the new Space Force? If not, what kind of things are they doing?

It is transferred to the space force - the launch name is USSF-7 (https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-ussf-7). The Space Force operates out of the Department of the Air Force (like how the Marine Corp operates out of the Department of the Navy), so it's it's civilian head is still the Secretary of the Air Force - it's military head is the Chief of Space Operations.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:53 PM UTC

shockinglytrue wrote: post #5

chrisseaton wrote: post #2

Did this mission not transfer to the new Space Force? If not, what kind of things are they doing?

Given the frequency and consistency of narrative with which it appears in the press, at this stage I'm convinced it's an empty UAV used entirely for some marketing purpose

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Post by pengaru » Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:57 PM UTC

HenryKissinger wrote: post #6

> Mysterious US military aircraft launches > Mysterious US military aircraft Journalists need to stop using adjectives like "mysterious" when writing about the X-37B. While the aircraft's technology and missions are classified, there is nothing mysterious about the existence of the plane itself.

> Journalists need to stop using adjectives like "mysterious" when writing about the X-37B.

Considering there isn't even a journalist attributed on the article, I'm not sure we should be presuming any were even involved in its publication.