US To Launch Military Orbital Spaceplane 270
An anonymous reader writes "Not only is the US readying its first 100% military spaceplane for a November launch, but it's going to push NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission til 2009: 'The USAF and Boeing will launch the X-38B — the first military orbital space plane if you discount the secret military shuttle — on top of an Atlas V rocket in November. They want to test its flying features in space and during atmospheric reentry. And probably its anti-matter rays and nuclear bays and hyperspace engines too (but of course, they are never going to tell you that). However, there seems to be a conflict with the civilian space program which may push one of the Moon exploration missions to 2009.' Screw the moon. We have to defend ourselves against all those alien extremists from Mars!"
Weird (Score:5, Funny)
That is probably the oddest article summary I've ever seen here.
Reads like a promo for the new X Files movie.
Re:X-what? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:X-what? (Score:5, Funny)
It's clearly X-Com. They're preparing for the inevitable invasion from Mars.
Remember, when the aliens come, don't walk around in circles on the street. They love it when you do that, and since the X-Com teams can't shoot straight, you may be caught by friendly fire.
Re:Weird (Score:2, Funny)
Just saw the X-files movie. No spoilers here but it was just like watching one of the old TV episodes. But longer.
Was that a good thing of like watching StarTrek the (Slow) Motion Picture?
Scary (Score:1, Funny)
Something tells me you people would rather blow up the Earth than give up your position on it and I'm not joking.
Re:So how many... (Score:4, Funny)
Kinda like how Enterprise flew from the back of a 747
They flew an AIRCRAFT CARRIER on the back of a 747? How did I miss that?
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checklist (Score:5, Funny)
Laser cannons: No
Photon torpedos: No
Shields: No
Warpcore/hyperspace drive: No
Matter/antimatter reactor: No
Transporters: No
Long Range Scanner: No
Sort Range sensors: Yes
Space capabilities: Kind of.
Buyers advice:
This space fighter doesn't have any of the selling features of other space fighters on the market. The lack of ion engines make this a very dated craft. It is more appropriate for a museum than the space age. Buyers are adviced to look into more complete craft like the X-wing or the TIE-advance. This craft makes the old and very well known to be unsafe TIE-fighter look good.
Re:X-what? (Score:3, Funny)
They love it when you do that, and since the X-Com teams can't shoot straight, you may be caught by friendly fire.
Correction - you _will_ be caught by friendly fire so the Chryssalids don't get you first.
Re:Summary and article are full of crap (Score:2, Funny)
> you simply can't hide anything like that in space
Hey, the Vogons hid an entire fleet from us, until they destroyed the planet.
Special thanks go out to... (Score:4, Funny)
Art Bell, our guest editor for the day. Art Bell ladies and gentlemen! Let's give him a big round of applause!
Re:Red Planet Mars anybody? (Score:4, Funny)
So, are you implying that the Ministry of Agriculture really is in charge of Gundam?
Re:So how many... (Score:3, Funny)
It is more then just an Aircraft Carrier it is Nucklear wessel.
Anti-matter rays are REAL!! (Score:3, Funny)
Anti-matter rays are real, and they are being used on people today!! It really is an apathy ray that is used on people to make them lose foc...
What was I saying? Never mind, it doesn't matter.
Re:Red Planet Mars anybody? (Score:4, Funny)
If you re-ran the 2007 budget using the "accrual" method of accounting that corporations must use, the "official" deficit of $163 billion balloons to over $2.4 trillion dollars -- FOR 2007 ALONE!
Indeed, if the US Federal government was a private corporation, it would be considered "insolvent," but on the other hand they have guns and can take as much in taxes from us as they want, which a private corporation can't do (even the oil companies :)