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Air Force’s Second X-37B Space Plane Nears Launch - Ed Jewett - 01-02-2011 Air Force's Second X-37B Space Plane Nears Launch February 1st, 2011 Via: Space Flight Now: Two months after a sister ship successfully concluded a demo flight, the U.S. military's second robotic X-37B space plane is in Florida preparing for blastoff March 4 on another secret mission, according to an Air Force official. The 29-foot-long, 14-foot-wide space plane is being readied for flight in a processing facility near its launch site at Cape Canaveral, Fla., according to Lt. Col. Troy Giese, the X-37B program manager in the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. Posted in Covert Operations, Florida, Technology, War Air Force’s Second X-37B Space Plane Nears Launch - Charles Drago - 01-02-2011 If they're willing to talk about this baby publicly, imagine how advanced the still-secret technology must be. Nick Cook may have an answer for us. |