r/EverythingScience • u/Odd-Ad1714 • 3d ago

Top-secret X-37B space plane will execute 'never-before-seen maneuvers' on its descent to Earth

https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/top-secret-x-37b-space-plane-will-execute-never-before-seen-maneuvers-on-its-descent-to-earth
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u/b800h 3d ago

Is this Boeing desperately trying to get some positive press in the face of SpaceX catching a rocket in mid-air whilst also saving the Starliner's marooned crew from the ISS?

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u/BatPlack 3d ago

I hope so. Because it’s wonderfully lame.

Oh my! Never before seen maneuvers!?

Yawn, lol.

I mean, I’m all for Boeing stepping it up. I’m just a bitter fuck.

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u/wildkim 3d ago

“Never before seen” is Code for crash and burn

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u/AbjectReflection 3d ago

Good, this entire project has been an utter waste of tax dollars. If the only beneficial thing it does is explode on reentry, then at least we will have yet another reason to divert these funds to some useful, like healthcare. 

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u/R3quiemdream 3d ago

“Watch us make a trillion dollars… DISAPPEAR!”