Re: Rubbish press releases?

Brian Gaff wrote:
> Errors and inacurracies and what is this about a military version of the
> Shuttle?

You obvious don't watch "West Wing". Recall that last season, there was
a major incident on the space station with air leaking out, and the USA
launching a secret military shuttle to save the US crewmembers.

The military shuttle isn't secret anymore. President Bartlett admitted
to its existance, and they is an inquiriy to find out who leaked the
information.

Also, remember that NASA/Military have two SR71s, which are
shuttles-on-steroids with titanium skins capable of bumping into large
rocks at high speeds while travelling through the debris-filled tail of
a large meteor about to destroy the earth. These ones have a pressurised
cargo bay with a glassed elevator to ground level that acts as an
airlock. These 2 newer shuttles are easy to spot since they are darker
in colour and have winglets at the end of its delta wings.

(One was destroyed though, so NASA/Military only have one left)


Sound to me like some summer student who did some work funded by the
military to investigate tiles, and he worded it as a military shuttle.
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