Air Force Tight-Lipped About Unmanned 'Mini Shuttle' Mission

2011-03-04 04:56:24

Is the X-37B an open-ended experiment to discover what uses an autonomous space truck might be put to in the future? Or is it part of a super-secret offensive weapons development program? Air Force officials have repeatedly denied the space plane may become a space weapon, but their reticence about its true intentions has only increased speculation, creating a veil of secrecy Mizzou peace studies professor Bill Wickersham finds troubling. A U.S. Air Force space vehicle called the "X-37B" that ca...