posted on Nov, 24 2006 @ 12:53 AM
Sorry if this was covered before. But I did a search here on ATS for Orbital Express and only one reference showed and was one post long. Anyways
Darpa/USAF/Nasa are wanting these mauverable and tasked Robot Sat's on a working basis in orbits too repair ,refuel,maintain things in orbital
control however the Darpa article linked claims other uses(Military/covert overtones) as well. Like a controllable R2D2(Astro vehicle) of sorts able
to be on station for a unclear amount of time. The Darpa, Phantom Works and other links below are a good read on the future of Space weapons being
here soon if not allready(See my recent Dyna Soar X-20 thread).
Ill post more after reading a few long pdf's on the subjects.
www.darpa.mil...
www.boeing.com...
www.aviationnow.com.../aw060506p1.xml
ssl.mit.edu...