X-37B: Space Weapon?
May 23rd, 2010
Space Weapon or "Concept Development?"
From a civilian space perspective, the month of April denotes the charting of new space frontiers. On April 12, 1961, Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarian ventured into space, and on April 12, 1981, NASA launched the Space Shuttle. And now the April 22 launch of a remote-controlled space shuttle — Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) — may join the list of important events in the history of space exploration.
From the NYT today: