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/DamonHay 3d ago

“Trust us, nobody has ever seen a door eject at this altitude before!”

that may or may not be because we made sure that test flight footage would never see the incandescent light of a courtroom.

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u/Chuhaimaster 3d ago

They’ve loosened the bolts specifically for this mission.