[HN Gopher] Space Plane: Mysterious US military aircraft launches
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       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
        
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         | 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.
        
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