[HN Gopher] Space Plane: Mysterious US military aircraft launches ___________________________________________________________________ Space Plane: Mysterious US military aircraft launches Author : willvarfar Score : 30 points Date : 2020-05-17 22:02 UTC (58 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (www.bbc.co.uk) (TXT) w3m dump (www.bbc.co.uk) | chrisseaton wrote: | Did this mission not transfer to the new Space Force? If not, | what kind of things are they doing? | shockinglytrue wrote: | Given the frequency and consistency of narrative with which it | appears in the press, at this stage I'm convinced it's an empty | UAV used entirely for some marketing purpose | [deleted] | NortySpock wrote: | It did transfer to the Space Force. The mission number is | USSF-7, not USAF-7. | | https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2020/05/17/united-launc... | icegreentea2 wrote: | It is transferred to the space force - the launch name is | USSF-7 (https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-ussf-7). The | Space Force operates out of the Department of the Air Force | (like how the Marine Corp operates out of the Department of the | Navy), so it's it's civilian head is still the Secretary of the | Air Force - it's military head is the Chief of Space | Operations. | shockinglytrue wrote: | The press around the X-37B continues to perplex, it's | particularly disappointing to see this "super secret but let's | talk about it constantly" article using the word "very" 3 times. | | I think it was drilled into me by the age of 12 to avoid "very" | in written English in order not to obviously oversell, and yet | here it is from a professional writer working for the BBC | pengaru wrote: | "power-beaming technology" | HenryKissinger wrote: | > Mysterious US military aircraft launches | | > Mysterious US military aircraft | | Journalists need to stop using adjectives like "mysterious" when | writing about the X-37B. While the aircraft's technology and | missions are classified, there is nothing mysterious about the | existence of the plane itself. | pengaru wrote: | > Journalists need to stop using adjectives like "mysterious" | when writing about the X-37B. | | Considering there isn't even a journalist attributed on the | article, I'm not sure we should be presuming any were even | involved in its publication. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-05-17 23:00 UTC)