Motus Mentis

5 Comments

1. Kevin Kim says

   Blue 42! X-37B! Hut! Hut!

   Looks nifty. Looks like something that could be fitted with kinetic energy weapons (sort of like tossing a full Coke can out your window and into opposing traffic while screaming down the freeway) to take out other countries’ satellites in a time of war.

   “Unmanned” might mean “able to function without help from ground control,” i.e., not susceptible to ground-to-space jamming if it’s running on its own algorithms.

   Then again, its primary mission might simply be to shoot out immense trawler nets to collect orbiting space debris. Yeah. That’s the ticket.

   I expect the X-37B to waddle up to a space shuttle and a cruise missile and go, “Dad? Mom?”

   Posted June 5, 2012 at 1:34 am | Permalink
2. TheBigHenry says

   “However, many sceptics think that the vehicle’s mission is defence or spy-related.”

   No shit, Sherlock.

   Posted June 5, 2012 at 3:37 am | Permalink
3. JK says

   Might be some sorta “joint effort.”

   http://defensetech.org/2012/05/14/closing-the-tech-gap-chinas-spaceplane/

   I mean… check the comparisons here…

   http://defensetech.org/2012/06/01/pic-of-the-week-the-j-20s-hud/

   Reckon the F-22’s oxygen system is “Made in China”?

   Posted June 5, 2012 at 6:48 am | Permalink
4. Malcolm says

   Regarding the first link: after taking a peek at the photo, it looks to me as if that ‘shenlong’ slung under that plane might have been more aptly named without the ‘en’…

   Posted June 5, 2012 at 8:51 am | Permalink
5. JK says

   Could well be correct:

   http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/2012_CMPR_Final.pdf

   Posted June 5, 2012 at 9:26 am | Permalink