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its a rocket launched by usaf from one of those b 50 something monster planes. This puppy flew mach 6, can you believe it? Mach 6!
ReplyDeleteI don't understand the point of this story "weaponizing space". The space shuttle has flown secret missions for years depositing spy satalites throughout orbit. NASA even patches the missions. "Because STS-27 was—and remains—a secret mission.
ReplyDeleteBetween 1982 and 1992, NASA launched 11 shuttle flights with classified payloads, honoring a deal that dated to 1969, when the National Reconnaissance Office—an organization so secret its name could not be published at the time—requested certain changes to the design of NASA’s new space transportation system. The NRO built and operated large, expensive reconnaissance satellites, and it wanted a bigger shuttle cargo bay than NASA had planned. The spysat agency also wanted the option to fly “once around” polar missions, which demanded more flexibility to maneuver for a landing that could be on either side of the vehicle’s ground track."