Space Force officials would not say how long this orbital test vehicle would remain aloft or what’s on board other than a NASA experiment to gauge the effects of radiation on materials.
Oh, I had read the article summary but had missed the mention of NASA in that line. My bad.
For what it’s worth, that partially answers your question. That particular experiment is public, that’s why they’re able to give some details on it (though I’m guessing they can’t give all details, like duration, since it could divulge info about the X-37B’s mission). The rest of the experiments onboard are classified.
My assumption is that NASA experiment is on this vessel rather than a NASA vessel due to the duration of the mission (since it’s going up anyway and stays up for long periods of time, NASA might as well throw an unmanned radiation experiment onboard if they can).
I was curious was it a NASA experiment that had secret elements or they were doing secret experiments anyway and asked NASA if they had anything in the tank to fit those parameters.
If this is for a NASA experiment why isn’t NASA doing it and why isn’t it public?
No one said it’s for a NASA experiment…
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Oh, I had read the article summary but had missed the mention of NASA in that line. My bad.
For what it’s worth, that partially answers your question. That particular experiment is public, that’s why they’re able to give some details on it (though I’m guessing they can’t give all details, like duration, since it could divulge info about the X-37B’s mission). The rest of the experiments onboard are classified.
My assumption is that NASA experiment is on this vessel rather than a NASA vessel due to the duration of the mission (since it’s going up anyway and stays up for long periods of time, NASA might as well throw an unmanned radiation experiment onboard if they can).
It’s cool.
I was curious was it a NASA experiment that had secret elements or they were doing secret experiments anyway and asked NASA if they had anything in the tank to fit those parameters.