3 ms·
While the overarching mission/concept has disturbing aspects, in all honestly it probably wasn't doing much of anything during its maiden voyage. The biggest e
by dotBen 16y ago
While the overarching mission/concept has disturbing aspects, in all honestly it probably wasn't doing much of anything during its maiden voyage.
The biggest events were the changes in orbit, and that was probably mission control testing positioning thrusters and associated systems to prove the craft is capable of dropping in and out of a geostationary orbit and repositioning itself into different orbit patterns with ease + accuracy (and probably with little human involvement).
Given the craft hasn't passed a test of re-entry nor an automated landing from space, it seems unlikely the US Air force would have loaded sensitive + expensive monitoring equipment onboard, nuclear weapons or any of the other conspiracies - on this initial trip anyway.