The X-37b first flew in 2010.
It’s cool to see other countries join in such as Europes IXV first flown in 2015.
But yeah Chinas certainly playing catch-up here despite what the title implies.
Im annoyed the SCMP is accepted as a news source around here. It’s 100% pure, government sanctioned propaganda.
Catchup with stolen technology no doubt.
That’s what the article says, yes.
The mission, known as USSF-52, will be the US plane’s seventh mission to orbit since 2010 and its second ride with a SpaceX rocket.
Isn’t SCMP not super reliable?
It’s owned by Alibaba.
Or am I being overly critical?
The Washington Post is owned by Amazon, as a comparison.
But no, it’s not very trustworthy, less so that TWP, imo.
I can’t decide if you’re being downvoted by the tankies for calling out their propaganda, or the neolibs for calling out theirs.
I think both lol. Also a chance nitpickers are annoyed because Jeff bezos, not Amazon, owns TWP.
How secret are these secret space planes we keep reading about?
The secret is what they do and where they’re doing it. Usually you can tell where a satellite is by where the rocket went. This thing can change its orbit so it’s very difficult to find it.
