INCLUDING the backwards report on adaptive optics...
Msnbc.com (Oberg) -- Did Pentagon create orbital space plane?
Magazine reports evidence for classified project, sparking some skepticism
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11691989/
By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC
Updated: 2:38 a.m. ET March 6, 2006
A prestigious aerospace magazine on Sunday laid out what it called "considerable evidence" that the U.S. military funded the development and testing of a small orbital space plane in the 1990s.
In an article posted to its Web site, Aviation Week & Space Technology reported that the two-person "Blackstar" space vehicle may have made more than one orbital mission. But it said the project may have since been "quietly mothballed," possibly for budgetary or operational reasons.
The report was met with skepticism from other aerospace industry observers, and even Aviation Week conceded that the evidence was inconclusive.
Space/Science » in reply to AWST: USAF ran top secret manned orbital missions in 1990's
First take -- glaring implausibilities
The whole thread (37 posts)
- AWST: USAF ran top secret manned orbital missions in 1990's
- DONUTS on ROPE contrails??????
- Somebody's got some explaining to do
- It's hard to hide something that big and loud
- First take -- glaring implausibilities
- R.L., what do you think of the sodium-ion laser comment in the AWST story?
- Boron toothpaste?
- So what, we're talking about an "Aurora" plus "White Knight" type carrier system?