Sneaky NASA

Do you people get it?  They don't tell us everything and sure as hell don't tell the truth.
http://news.yahoo.com/secret-spaceplane-mystery-mission-094500663--politics.html

Reason one, would appear to be angle, and distance. Reason 2 would be on a yearly basis the Nile will nearly dry out, and then flood, so depending on when each picture was taken, you may also see that.

For the record, these are the links in the ORIGINAL thread:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ISS036-E-011050.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nile_River_and_delta_from_orbit.jpg

Do you people get it?  They don't tell us everything and sure as hell don't tell the truth.
http://news.yahoo.com/secret-spaceplane-mystery-mission-094500663--politics.html

Oh my Goodness, the Air Force has a need to keep things SECRET?! Say it aint so, Joe!

Do you people get it?  They don't tell us everything and sure as hell don't tell the truth.
http://news.yahoo.com/secret-spaceplane-mystery-mission-094500663--politics.html

I never was a secret. The x-37 project started in 1999.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37

Do you people get it?  They don't tell us everything and sure as hell don't tell the truth.
http://news.yahoo.com/secret-spaceplane-mystery-mission-094500663--politics.html

The X-37B is not a NASA project.  It's an Air Force project.  Why would NASA be obligated to tell us anything about secret Air Force projects? 

Do you people get it?  They don't tell us everything and sure as hell don't tell the truth.
http://news.yahoo.com/secret-spaceplane-mystery-mission-094500663--politics.html

It says USAF on the side of the aircraft.  That might give you a clue as to which organisation owns it....

EIAS - are you for real?

Quote from: EarthIsASpaceship on April 07, 2014, 01:30:38 PM

Do you people get it?  They don't tell us everything and sure as hell don't tell the truth.
http://news.yahoo.com/secret-spaceplane-mystery-mission-094500663--politics.html

It says USAF on the side of the aircraft.  That might give you a clue as to which organisation owns it....

EIAS - are you for real?

the unknown space agency friendship!?

Quote from: Starman on April 07, 2014, 02:37:00 PM

Quote from: EarthIsASpaceship on April 07, 2014, 01:30:38 PM

Do you people get it?  They don't tell us everything and sure as hell don't tell the truth.
http://news.yahoo.com/secret-spaceplane-mystery-mission-094500663--politics.html

I never was a secret. The x-37 project started in 1999.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37

I didn't say the aircraft was a secret.  The 500 day mission was.  Try reading the ARTICLE instead of making assumptions.

You mean like reading how that was a USAF mission, not a NASA mission?

Did any of you even READ the article?
"The X-37B began as a NASA project to build a small, unmanned space plane. NASA handed the project over to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in 2004, but after budgetary problems the program was transferred to the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, which continues to manage the X-37B program."

Did you see the part where NASA gave the project to DARPA and then DARPA gave it to the US Air Force, or do you not understand what "hand over" and "transfer" mean?

I think you can all grasp what Earthisaspaceship means. The operative word is NASA. It doesn't matter who it was supposedly passed onto.
She's simply saying that this supposed 500 day flight was never mentioned until now. Sneaky NASA.

I think you can all grasp what Earthisaspaceship means. The operative word is NASA. It doesn't matter who it was supposedly passed onto.
She's simply saying that this supposed 500 day flight was never mentioned until now. Sneaky NASA.

The project stated in 1999. Not all project are in the news and it does not mean it was a secret.

Yeah, ok Cable guy.
We can argue over the details but I've pointed out ONCE AGAIN that NASA/USAF which are practically one and the same,

No, they aren't.

I think you can all grasp what Earthisaspaceship means. The operative word is NASA. It doesn't matter who it was supposedly passed onto.
She's simply saying that this supposed 500 day flight was never mentioned until now. Sneaky NASA.

Never mentioned until now except for these articles published in Dec 2012 when it launched. And countless other articles in between.  Sneaky indeed...

http://www.universetoday.com/98937/air-forces-secret-x-37b-space-plane-launches-on-third-mission/

http://archive.is/2VlD3

I think you can all grasp what Earthisaspaceship means. The operative word is NASA. It doesn't matter who it was supposedly passed onto.
She's simply saying that this supposed 500 day flight was never mentioned until now. Sneaky NASA.

Did you expect NASA to take out a full page ad in the NY Times telling the world about a secret Air Force mission? 
Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37#Operational_history

WHY would NASA need a secret Air Force mission?

It is not a secret mission. it is the news reporters that make it seem so.

WHY would NASA need a secret Air Force mission?

I can't tell you.  It's secret.

I don't think this is NASA being sneaky, it's more the fact that the press seems to be bored with spaceships when it's no longer a symbolic battle between two giant nuclear-weapon wielding nations.

WHY would NASA need a secret Air Force mission?

I give up.  Why would NASA need a secret Air Force mission?

Perhaps a better question would be why would the Air Force need a secret Air Force mission?  The most obvious answer that comes to mind is that it's doing covert surveillance.  You know, like other secret spy satellites that space faring nations use.

I've been looking at the news and they're saying that this new plane has been developed that will take a man around the world. It's fully solar powered and the wing span is enormous. It allows him to fly day and nigh by  creating anough stored power to take him around the world at 39,000 feet or so.
They should have just asked NASA and associates for the blue prints on how to build a 500 day in the air one with stubby little wings instead of using a small thng with a wing span the size of a jumbo jet, all fitted with thousands and thousands of solar cells. 

They should have just asked NASA and associates for the blue prints on how to build a 500 day in the air one with stubby little wings instead of using a small thng with a wing span the size of a jumbo jet, all fitted with thousands and thousands of solar cells. 

Wot?

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 03:56:30 AM

They should have just asked NASA and associates for the blue prints on how to build a 500 day in the air one with stubby little wings instead of using a small thng with a wing span the size of a jumbo jet, all fitted with thousands and thousands of solar cells. 

Wot?

Keep at it, you'll soon learn to grasp stuff. I'm rooting for you, kid.

I've been looking at the news and they're saying that this new plane has been developed that will take a man around the world. It's fully solar powered and the wing span is enormous. It allows him to fly day and nigh by  creating anough stored power to take him around the world at 39,000 feet or so.
They should have just asked NASA and associates for the blue prints on how to build a 500 day in the air one with stubby little wings instead of using a small thng with a wing span the size of a jumbo jet, all fitted with thousands and thousands of solar cells. 

We don't believe you. Show us the news link.

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 03:56:30 AM

I've been looking at the news and they're saying that this new plane has been developed that will take a man around the world. It's fully solar powered and the wing span is enormous. It allows him to fly day and nigh by  creating anough stored power to take him around the world at 39,000 feet or so.
They should have just asked NASA and associates for the blue prints on how to build a 500 day in the air one with stubby little wings instead of using a small thng with a wing span the size of a jumbo jet, all fitted with thousands and thousands of solar cells. 

We don't believe you. Show us the news link.

There you go.
http://rt.com/news/solar-airplane-global-flight-488/

Quote from: Starman on April 10, 2014, 04:02:05 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 03:56:30 AM

I've been looking at the news and they're saying that this new plane has been developed that will take a man around the world. It's fully solar powered and the wing span is enormous. It allows him to fly day and nigh by  creating anough stored power to take him around the world at 39,000 feet or so.
They should have just asked NASA and associates for the blue prints on how to build a 500 day in the air one with stubby little wings instead of using a small thng with a wing span the size of a jumbo jet, all fitted with thousands and thousands of solar cells. 

We don't believe you. Show us the news link.

There you go.
http://rt.com/news/solar-airplane-global-flight-488/

You saved me the work to look it up. So what is your problem with it?

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 04:04:42 AM

Quote from: Starman on April 10, 2014, 04:02:05 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 03:56:30 AM

I've been looking at the news and they're saying that this new plane has been developed that will take a man around the world. It's fully solar powered and the wing span is enormous. It allows him to fly day and nigh by  creating anough stored power to take him around the world at 39,000 feet or so.
They should have just asked NASA and associates for the blue prints on how to build a 500 day in the air one with stubby little wings instead of using a small thng with a wing span the size of a jumbo jet, all fitted with thousands and thousands of solar cells. 

We don't believe you. Show us the news link.

There you go.
http://rt.com/news/solar-airplane-global-flight-488/

You saved me the work to look it up. So what is your problem with it?

NASA or the air force, whichever you feel, has a little stubby one like a small shuttle that can stay up for 500 days. What's with the huge wings when you can knock up a small stubby winged one?
Come on Mr NASA, explain it to me, I'm all eyes. 

Quote from: Starman on April 10, 2014, 04:05:58 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 04:04:42 AM

Quote from: Starman on April 10, 2014, 04:02:05 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 03:56:30 AM

I've been looking at the news and they're saying that this new plane has been developed that will take a man around the world. It's fully solar powered and the wing span is enormous. It allows him to fly day and nigh by  creating anough stored power to take him around the world at 39,000 feet or so.
They should have just asked NASA and associates for the blue prints on how to build a 500 day in the air one with stubby little wings instead of using a small thng with a wing span the size of a jumbo jet, all fitted with thousands and thousands of solar cells. 

We don't believe you. Show us the news link.

There you go.
http://rt.com/news/solar-airplane-global-flight-488/

You saved me the work to look it up. So what is your problem with it?

NASA or the air force, whichever you feel, has a little stubby one like a small shuttle that can stay up for 500 days. What's with the huge wings when you can knock up a small stubby winged one?
Come on Mr NASA, explain it to me, I'm all eyes. 

The one you showed is an airplane not a space ship. The link you showed has nothing to do with NASA. Show me the NASA one with the 500 day. You are thinking of  a drone airplane.

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 04:10:01 AM

Quote from: Starman on April 10, 2014, 04:05:58 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 04:04:42 AM

Quote from: Starman on April 10, 2014, 04:02:05 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 03:56:30 AM

I've been looking at the news and they're saying that this new plane has been developed that will take a man around the world. It's fully solar powered and the wing span is enormous. It allows him to fly day and nigh by  creating anough stored power to take him around the world at 39,000 feet or so.
They should have just asked NASA and associates for the blue prints on how to build a 500 day in the air one with stubby little wings instead of using a small thng with a wing span the size of a jumbo jet, all fitted with thousands and thousands of solar cells. 

We don't believe you. Show us the news link.

There you go.
http://rt.com/news/solar-airplane-global-flight-488/

You saved me the work to look it up. So what is your problem with it?

NASA or the air force, whichever you feel, has a little stubby one like a small shuttle that can stay up for 500 days. What's with the huge wings when you can knock up a small stubby winged one?
Come on Mr NASA, explain it to me, I'm all eyes. 

The one you showed is and airplane not a space ship. The link you showed has nothing to do with NASA. Show me the NASA one with the 500 day. You are thinking of  a drone airplane.

he's talking about the one from the beginning of this thread. I can't recall if it was a manned mission or not.

Quote from: Starman on April 10, 2014, 04:05:58 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 04:04:42 AM

Quote from: Starman on April 10, 2014, 04:02:05 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on April 10, 2014, 03:56:30 AM

I've been looking at the news and they're saying that this new plane has been developed that will take a man around the world. It's fully solar powered and the wing span is enormous. It allows him to fly day and nigh by  creating anough stored power to take him around the world at 39,000 feet or so.
They should have just asked NASA and associates for the blue prints on how to build a 500 day in the air one with stubby little wings instead of using a small thng with a wing span the size of a jumbo jet, all fitted with thousands and thousands of solar cells. 

We don't believe you. Show us the news link.

There you go.
http://rt.com/news/solar-airplane-global-flight-488/

You saved me the work to look it up. So what is your problem with it?

NASA or the air force, whichever you feel, has a little stubby one like a small shuttle that can stay up for 500 days. What's with the huge wings when you can knock up a small stubby winged one?
Come on Mr NASA, explain it to me, I'm all eyes. 

I believe you saw the X-37. The X-37 is a space ship launched from a rocket and it glides back from space. It is totally different from solar airplane you showed me.

Quote from: RandomREalist on April 10, 2014, 04:29:35 AM

he's talking about the one from the beginning of this thread. I can't recall if it was a manned mission or not.

From the article that no one seems to have read:
"The X-37B began as a NASA project to build a small, unmanned space plane."

So what does a manned, solar powered aircraft have to do with a small, unmanned space craft?

Well, whaddya know a secret space-mission. So... they must've planned on it getting uncovered since the space thing is fake anyway.  Am I right?

They're like, "Darn! You caught us. Yeah, we were going to space... doing lots of... space things..."