| X-37 Moves Forward, Now What? Well, here are a | | | | extend into an area out side the tube of created |
| few ideas of taking this craft to a whole new level | | | | space to prevent the craft from spinning within the |
| and plateau in American Ingenuity and Innovation. | | | | tube and yawing or losing control. Special landing |
| NASA has learned a lot from the X-37 tests and will | | | | areas could be also created for such a method of |
| now turn it over to DARPA, which makes a lot of | | | | flight so that ionization against the relative wind within |
| sense indeed. | | | | the crafts flight path could slow the aircraft to a near |
| [ | | | | stop, thus allow it to hover in artificial space for |
| Should we also look at a device mounted on this | | | | landing. No need to flair or to worry about a rough |
| craft to ionize the air or atmosphere upon entry? If | | | | landing. The air cushion of non-ionized air would slow |
| the craft were be launched from a large Blimp, super | | | | it down and the space and waves generated by the |
| blimp it could be dropped and once clearing the blimp | | | | ionization would put the craft into a simulated |
| point skyward and turn on the thrusters and ionizers | | | | antigravity state for the time it took to land the |
| to rid the craft of any friction, which would occur in | | | | craft. All this could be done in an automated fashion. |
| the atmosphere. Very little energy would be needed | | | | Such a system would allow more payload, eliminate |
| and getting it to an asteroid, the moon or around the | | | | the need for landing gear systems, save space on |
| planet for re-entry would be extremely efficient. If | | | | the craft or commercialized larger versions for space |
| the X-37 were unmanned it could also serve as a | | | | tourism later on. Less weight means more payload, |
| deterrent carrying an explosive payload and be used | | | | more systems. Such a craft could have on board |
| like a smart munitions all the way to the target | | | | tele-robotic units to fix the International Space |
| ionizing the air along the way through re-entry, in fact | | | | Station or Hubble Telescope, to Mine Asteroids or drill |
| there would actually be no re-entry, only an artificial | | | | below the surface of the moon for samples. Such a |
| extension of a space tube which it could fly through | | | | unit could be used to intercept incoming Asteroids on |
| to it’s target as a single mission detonation | | | | collision course with Earth carrying enough payload |
| ICBM. It could be launched from a balloon near over | | | | for gravity manipulation devices, laser cutters, |
| the equator from a Blimp land base in the Hawaiian | | | | explosives or attach itself and use it’s self |
| islands fly half way around the world and drop in | | | | propulsion to move the small body off it’s |
| un-invited on a declared enemy of peace and | | | | current trajectory. |
| freedom, glide effortlessly to it’s destination at | | | | NASA was smart to allow DARPA to have this |
| a very high rate of speed, virtually undetected and | | | | technology for needs to secure our nation and |
| accurate to a square foot. Something of that ability | | | | become part of the missile defense system, strategic |
| would certainly serve the political will of the free | | | | surgical strikes against adversaries and defending |
| world very nicely, wouldn’t it? The costs per | | | | Mother Earth from catastrophic demise of a large |
| unit would be quite small once designed and built in | | | | Asteroid direct hit which would certainly cause death |
| large numbers. | | | | and destruction and climatic change which would |
| The X-37 could also make a nice re-entry vehicle | | | | render the current global warming shift totally |
| which could ionize the air on it’s re-entry by | | | | insignificant. |
| using a high beam of energy and then slowly | | | | If we look at the X-37 as a mini scale of 1/24 the |
| decreasing the energy for a fast to slow decent | | | | size of a full version ship, you can see the benefits |
| using the force of friction of increased molecules of | | | | of having such a craft to carry people to the moon |
| the atmosphere to gradually slow the craft at a | | | | in the future for visits, scientific expeditions, visits to |
| pre-designed rate. Less wear and tear on the craft | | | | Mars, orbiting of Venus, Tourists to the Lunar |
| would occur and stability and control could come | | | | Surface or sight seeing trip. By adding the benefits of |
| from parts of the craft not fully in the slip-stream | | | | ionization of the atmosphere we reduce the problems |
| tube of the created extension of space from the | | | | of heat friction which caused the last Space Shuttle |
| ionizing atmosphere device which would be located | | | | break up, reduce surface wear and tear and have a |
| forward the CG and facing towards the intended | | | | truly safe and economical space craft. |
| direction of flight. Flight control guidance airfoils could | | | | |