The Most Secretive Megaproject of DARPA US X 37B Space Plane

The Most Secretive Megaproject of DARPA US X 37B Space Plane
From the start, the Space Force had detractors. Air Force officials wondered if it was necessary, while some political observers believed that it signified the start of a dangerous and expensive militarization of another realm. What seemed harder to argue against was how nearly every aspect of modern warfare and defense - intelligence, surveillance, communications, operations, missile detection - has come to rely on links to orbiting satellites.

[@k9thundra]

Space X just launched the X37B into orbit.

[@georgesteidell4765]

One of them, ya... You are not wrong.

[@thespacetales282]

hmmm.. Not really...

[@maddhatter3564]

@@thespacetales282 ya really. you know nothing about this which is obvious by your video.

[@deanwcampbell]

My thought is.. this is a prototype, it will/or has been converted to a stealth version very difficult to track by RADAR. This why launch criteria requires it to be encapsulated in a fairing (it does not have to be), no one knows which plane goes up or where the stealth plane is. SPECULATION: Stealth plane opens payload doors, captures adversarial satellite, return to earth undetected.

[@thespacetales282]

Fascinating speculation!

[@elilevine2410]

Thank you, Colonel Prue for this engineering marvel you created

[@thespacetales282]

Colonel Prue's engineering brilliance shines through well.

[@BobNob1]

this is a drone that has been around for 15 - 20 years

[@seanb2604]

If they let us know about it, it's likely cover for something much more secret

[@thespacetales282]

ofcourse they plan 100 years ahead of times

[@choctaw2sticks193]

spy plane is more like it . . . damn good one too.

[@patriklindholm7576]

And you happened to come over it. Good for you.

[@ronaldwhite1730]

Thank you . ( 2024 / Jan / 08 )

[@TheRasta4ri]

Celestial Eagle The first and only time a satellite was destroyed by any aircraft. on Sep. 13, 1985 when an F-15A Eagle (76-0084) nicknamed ‘Celestial Eagle’ piloted by Major General (then Major) Wilbert D. `Doug’ Pearson Junior took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and destroyed the Solwind P78-1 satellite, which the US had only launched some six years before, but was having issues with depleted batteries. loaded with a single Ling-Temco-Vought ASM-135 ASAT missile and launch it in a zoom climb to take out any offending satellite.

[@thespacetales282]

That was USA's biggest monopoly

[@mitseraffej5812]

2:07 “Interstellar feats” ? It can’t go beyond low earth orbit. The nearest star is over 60 billion times as far away.

[@zposey2893]

Satellite Destroyer

[@lfrers]

The X37B is intended to destroy enemy satellites.

[@thespacetales282]

No that's a myth 🤣

[@maddhatter3564]

@@thespacetales282 and you know exactly how?

[@victorschepers2124]

GO to see the black knight op close !!!!

[@user-iv9os7du9x]

I'm sure everyone who we think should not know about this have already been made aware of everything

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

The Shuttle flew like a brick! This may be like it also?

[@diamondderek848]

The X 37 B could have been deploying inert small reentry vehicles for some time, Undetectable (no boost phase).Small they maybe but on reentry they fast and hit hard.

[@alfredshort3]

Everything old is new. First spy satellites Sent their film back in " pods." Now the X37 is the CIA's uber

[@maddhatter3564]

with no boost , how would they deorbit?

[@dazuk1969]

I would love to know what's on that space plane. It must be some kind of spying stuff and it's amazing how long it spends up there and then just comes back and lands.

[@stever197037]

They should just leave those in space and use rocket’s to send people and supplies up. Also use the rocket stages left in space to bolt together and make new space stations. It seems so stupid to leave debris up there. Just use it.

[@dailymoonpie]

You never mentioned its thrust or HP

[@clavo3352]

Most interesting and informative. Very good video. The experiment iterations that can be tried are endless! Even humans could be transported. Could it land on the moon using skids?

[@Spacewalker1870]

on the moon, there is no atmosphere, so there would be no lift. the skids help land the spaceplane at its gliding velocity to a flat surface, at 0 velocity. but on the moon, with rugged terrain and no atmosphere, a horizontal landing wouldnt be possible. but, if it had some sort of vtol engines (engines facing down, perpendicular to direction spaceplane is facing) it could theroetically land on its skids, using a powered landing. although the lunar regolith can be kind of fine (small particles) but also really rough, it would need specialised skids/landing gear for landing on the moon.

[@clavo3352]

@@Spacewalker1870 It does have forward facing retro thrusters.

[@Spacewalker1870]

@@clavo3352 true, like it probably has like general reaction control system thrusters, but im not sure if they have strong enough thrust to counteract the moon's gravity. also, it would need enough fuel for this too.

[@clavo3352]

@@Spacewalker1870 So if one had the resources (Elon) one could make a drone like vehicle with thrusters instead of propellers. Just a manifold that could redirect the main engine exhaust might make a super simple craft with few parts. Go for it; you take the patent.

[@Spacewalker1870]

@@clavo3352 u could add a propulsion system, and additional fuel tanks to enable it to, starting from lunar orbit, land on the moons surface and return to lunar orbit. assuming the unmodified x-37b weighs 5 metric tons (i got this from like a random nasa document on the web, idk if its acurrate as it could just be x37 instead of x-37b but for calculations im assuming it to be right numbers) so, if an x-37 weighs 5 tons without modifications, and 6 metric tons with powerful enough vtol engines and fuel tanks (fuel mass not included here) and also assuming the engines efficiency to be like kind of average, but not super great but also not super bad, (engine isp of 300 used for calculation) then the total wet mass (mass of spacecraft and mass of fuel combined) would be 19,442 kg, or about 19.4 metric tons, and subtracting 6 metric tons of the weight of modified x37b spacecraft, you would need 13442 kilograms of fuel to land on the moon. so, you could do it but like you would need a lot of fuel to land on the moon. but if you had more efficient engines, like raptor vacuum engines (with isp of 380s) you would only need 9179 kg of extra fuel.

[@living2ndchildhood598]

Very interesting video. I gathered there is an X-37, an X-37A, and an X-37B. Has the first 2 types been upgraded to the “B class”? How many X-37B’s exist? How many X-40’s exist? I believe that we need a viable Space Force but I still think it’s name should be “Star Fleet”! I also believe that we are off to a great beginning,

[@thespacetales282]

interesting perspective!

[@user-sh3dz4hq5g]

Good channel, I'm interested to know which platform you use to make this video?

[@user-sh3dz4hq5g]

platform?

[@thespacetales282]

we use multiple softwares thanks for liking the video though 😆

[@1DesertPirate]

"Cosmic Superhero!" Superheroes seem to be saturated into the minds of today's young, like the person who wrote the script for this video.

[@thespacetales282]

😅😂😂😂

[@nicholasjamesmacy9138]

The video's text was generated by ChatGPT, so courtesy to AI for thinking of "Cosmic Superhero"

[@thespacetales282]

nothing but a false assumption .. by the way did you watch our resent upload?

[@nicholasjamesmacy9138]

@@thespacetales282 yeah, it's great. I subscribed, sorry about my previous assumption

[@dks13827]

Boeing ? How's the CST 100 going ?

[@Trikvet1]

The SR-71 in the late 1950's was able to cruise near the edge of space, now here we are trillions of dollars later and with 65 years of advancements in what looks like a flying boat anchor by comparison. IMO it just doesn't add up.

[@thespacetales282]

How interesting 😄

[@mrlarrybobjr]

It’s not a very good secret, if you know so much about it.

[@stevefridell4555]

What is the most secretive Megaproject of DARPA doing on KZbin ?

[@kevanhubbard9673]

As long as it's safer than the 737 Max!

[@BackwoodsInsanity]

With Boeing history in last ten years, I’m not confident

[@thespacetales282]

keep hope!

[@joeschneider8025]

If it's top secret, what are you doing talking about it?

[@asdfbill8020]

The DARPA X plane top speed is Mach 0.6 which is slow..the Cold War era Lockheed YF-12, MiG-25, and Blackbird SR would blow the doors off this space ager quickly

[@thespacetales282]

Interesting!

[@jbx.7995]

X37b docked into the I.S.S.. I saw it caught it.

[@LisaAnn777]

Through a telescope?

[@BARDAKABRAMA]

it is a military aircraft and is aimed against Russian Federation. The rest you'll figure out

[@b1r2y3n]

More China than Russia. In fact China has their own and it is currently in orbit.

[@MrRthorson]

It’s not a passenger plane as the picture depicts

[@anthonybaransky137]

Soaring through the stars??? When did that happen?

[@thespacetales282]

just recently ;)

[@Fred-dc2km]

Yellowstone volcano with the power to send man to Mars

[@thespacetales282]

Attaboy! 💪🏻💯

[@user-yk7yv8rb5i]

we don't want to have defence in space

[@thespacetales282]

absolutely

[@13Liberty50]

NOT THAT SECRET

[@Sami-Nasr]

2:38 4:42 Why people in space suits beside it ?

[@destinyangel5]

Because of the Hydrazine rocket fuel still has the vapours residue is extremely highly toxic .

[@thespacetales282]

yes because its highly unsafe for them

[@Spacewalker1870]

2:00 "falcon heavy rocket" shows picture of falcon 9 it was launched by falcon heavy, yes, but like an improvement to this video could be using a falcon heavy video, or video of the launch for that clip. its not that important, but like the small details could improve videos

[@thespacetales282]

appreciate your suggestion

[@Juan-ll6sf]

Can NASA or Space Force adapt the X 37 B to become a low cost rescue shuttle for emergencies at international space station?

[@georgesteidell4765]

I don't think that will be feasible, but creating a 3rd one with that goal in mind, shouldn't be impossible. X37 C maybe

[@hgggg8577]

🌍🌏🌎👽

[@thespacetales282]

🦾🧠💯

[@garethde-witt6433]

Be nice if they used it to clear out all the starlink satellites

[@user-yk7yv8rb5i]

yes man is going turn space into a new war zone

[@thespacetales282]

sadly yeah!

[@dougkennedy4906]

Its been around for years. Nobody but the operator knows what it can do. Its that secret. But go ahead and keep guessing while i keep laughing. 😂

[@hybridt]

Curious if its white knight to monitor the black knight in orbit assuming you believe there is such a thing in orbit😂

[@robertschulte4837]

THIS IS A SPACE SHUTTLE NO MORE NO LESS!!!!!!

[@Image-X]

Wrong

[@billtinkham3318]

Nothing is a secret in USA

[@thespacetales282]

not really

[@grimmertwin2148]

Once you have the name Boeing in your space craft what could possibly go wrong? Check and double check those window bolts boys. And when you install flight updates please let pilots know. Um what else? Expediency. Cost cutting. Impossible deadlines. Just trying to help. And keep people alive😅

[@thespacetales282]

You sound like one of those aviation engineer guys 😅🦾

[@grimmertwin2148]

Nah mate I'm just your average Aussie smart arse but thanks for elevating my academic credentials. Truth be told having flown in commercial planes half my life as well as being an Air Crash Investigations junkie now in recovery for a few years the recent 737 Max ' accidents ' almost caused me to relapse. Just thinking of the sheer terror of the passengers and bravery of the pilots sends me to a dark place. And losing fellow citizens when those crazy Russians shot down MH 17 and not long afterwards MH 370 going 'missing' was really pushing me close to the edge. And you know the common denominator - Boeing. And you'll appreciate, being an ANZAC ( giving me an anti authority birthright) I get really pissed off when blame is often put on the pilots. When in fact it usually comes down to corporate greed and expediency putting human lives at risk. I just wish Trump flew in a 737 max but he's doing a brilliant job of crashing and burning himself ( while blaming everyone else lol) And of course the shape of this new Boeing Megaproject immediately reminds me of Challenger. ( many people don't know the astronauts were still alive after the initial explosion) And then there's the ridiculous notion of any space force and war in space. Our space which is already flooded with an unbelievable amounts of space junk ( which you think these geniuses - except Musk - should have to sort out first) I won't get started on him and how he shut down Starlink just as the Ukraine fast attack boats could have ended the war with Russia early. But if you're still reading and I've got your attention you might be able to help me with this puzzling question. The last time I asked ( I used to watch one of the Flight Simulator channels) and was sternly shut down by an astrophysicist ( I'm not kidding) was how the hell did an untrained pilot ( who learned to fly from a basic Windows flight simulator PC Rom in America) fly a commercial plane from 30000 feet to 500m above ground for 1km into the Pentagon? I don't think the astrophysicist liked my incredulity that an auto pilot ( if he wasn't flying manually on 'approach') could be programmed to crash? And finally despite my daughter wanting to be a pilot and all the research and encouragement I give her like her brother who wants to be an investigative journalist ( I quietly think to myself - fark no please lol) Cheers Rad

[@7timecenturycyclistvespada982]

The X37B was made China!! Like everything else in this country…use’s Taiwan computer chips… and the suits the astronauts use are made in India….?

[@frankmcgowan3371]

It was built by Boeing.

[@fuckyoueveryday]

How would you feed the military space station that no one wants to talk about.

[@thespacetales282]

through the tax money ;)

[@rodbihari8799]

wow, another attempt at a space shuttle. Hope its better designed than the last.

[@SilverSergeant]

Not even close to being a space shuttle. Nor is it intended to be.

[@gordonsmith5589]

Solid video, but stop saying cosmos so much. It is a nothing word that doesn’t really describe anything.

[@thespacetales282]

Appreciate your Suggestion!

[@substance90]

I mean the voice is A.I. generated, so I assume the script was too. I certainly reads like something ChatGPT would write if you aren’t careful to rein it in with a detailed instruction.

[@maddhatter3564]

slice through the cosmos with a lift to drag ratio....wait there is no air in space so no lift or drag. Try knowing about the subject before making a video.

[@donaldhouse7597]

SAVE THE UNITED STATES VOTE FOR DONALD J TRUMP

[@thespacetales282]

🇺🇸

[@TONYPARAMOTOR]

HMM REMOTE VIEWING. ASTRAL TRAVEL.... JUST SHARING KNOWLEDGE WITH YOU.

[@chairuch]

Nothing to secret about. It’s just carry 6 warheads

[@thespacetales282]

Simple on the surface, but the power lies within