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on Friday April 11 2014, @01:24AM
from the public-relations-tools-for-secret-missions dept.
from the public-relations-tools-for-secret-missions dept.
The Air Force has had a robotic spacecraft in orbit for a year and a half, speculation predicts a testbed for spying apparatus.
Rumors abound. One of the most popular is the X-37B can sneak up and eavesdrop on other satellites. The idea does have appeal, but skeptics point out the U.S. already has other smaller, harder to track satellites to do just that.
Can anyone think of better ideas for what they could be using this technology for, or is it just a reusable satellite?
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-- Spock, "The Squire of Gothos", stardate 2124.5
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Friday April 11 2014, @08:00AM
That's enough justification for someone to blast it out of existence!
I truly DETEST polkas!
Time to scrub my brain with a bottle brush and bleach to stop that soundloop inside my head(no thanks to you) of 'Beer barrel Polka', you insensitive clod!
(Score: 1) by egcagrac0 on Friday April 11 2014, @09:26AM
"Who stole the Keeshka?" is the one that annoys me, although "Pennsylvania Polka" is more likely to get stuck in my head. Beer Barrel Polka... not so much.
Good luck.