Norm Hartnett - 19/11/2006 12:34 PMWhere is Vt_hokie?
Jim - 19/11/2006 7:01 PMmy post got deleted.I overlooked the part about Atlas V in the article. NASA was going compete the launch service.It will need a 5m fairing
Dante Wynter - 20/11/2006 4:13 AMI take it this is not a manned craft?
kevin-rf - 18/11/2006 9:20 PMhttp://space.com/news/061117_x27b_otv.html
This is exciting, and I'm glad it's going to fly that soon.
Interesting that it will fly aboard an Atlas, but presumably the "flight" airframes will be built by Boeing (who built the drop-test craft).
Here's hoping for a great many interesting and educational flights.
meiza - 18/11/2006 4:43 PMSatellite retrieval? Combined with XSS-11-heritage rendezvous operations...
Zond - 20/11/2006 4:49 PMDoes anybody know if they are still planning to use the peroxide/kerosene AR2-3 rocket engine on the X-37?