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What is the X-37B Doing Up There?

posted by n1 on Friday April 11 2014, @01:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the public-relations-tools-for-secret-missions dept.

Boxzy writes:

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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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Snotnose on Friday April 11 2014, @02:22PM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Friday April 11 2014, @02:22PM (#30060)

    If they can fold up those solar panels as needed then, combined with it's engine, it can be pretty sneaky.

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