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How could it be possible to conceal the movement of such a huge thing?
by linzhangrun 4mo ago
How could it be possible to conceal the movement of such a huge thing?
- V99 4mo agoSpace is big, dark, and the X-37 has significant delta-v capabilities so its position is not a consistent stable orbit like a normal satellite.
- voidUpdate 4mo agoIt's pretty tiny in the grand scheme of things. Wikipedia says it's 30ft long, 14ft wide and 9 ft tall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37#Specifications_(X-37B) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37#Specifications_(X-...). The space shuttle was 122ft long, so around 4x the size. When you don't need to put space station modules inside the payload bay, or humans in the cockpit, you can make it pretty small and hard to find against the vastness of space