Air Force Launches Secretive Space Plane; ‘We Don’t Know When It’s Coming Back’
By Jason Paur
April 23, 2010 7:46 am
The Air Force has fended off statements calling the X-37B a space weapon, or a space-based drone to be used for spying or delivering weapons from orbit. In a conference call with reporters, deputy undersecretary for the Air Force for space programs Gary Payton acknowledged much of the current mission is classified. But perhaps the most intriguing answer came when he was asked by a reporter wanting to cover the landing as to when the X-37B would be making its way back to the planet.
“In all honesty, we don’t know when it’s coming back for sure,” Payton said.
Now would be a good time for aliens to show up and put us in our place :( After all, this is the first 100% military vehicle in space.
Well, the first that we know of :)
Hit that wired.com link above for more on this plane and the mystery surrounding it.
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