Lieutenant Colonel Tom McIntyre, X-37B program manager for the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, explained the third X-37 flight will not only help the Air Force better evaluate and understand the vehicle's performance characteristics, but this first re-flight is an important step in the program.
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He started sweeping out the shaping room of a surf shack as a kid and worked his way through the industry, eventually becoming an on-air announcer for the Winter X Games from 1996 through 2005.
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This appears to be the mindset of the Air Force regarding its experimental X-37B space plane, the billion-dollar robotic vehicle's orbital flight being extended beyond the 270 days it was initially designed for.
Public affairs officials at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, which is in charge of the X-51 development project, provided no updates.
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As many as 15 percent of the 5, 000 previously approved welds in the reactor's auxiliary plumbing, containment dome and spent-fuel cooling systems were X-rayed and found to be defective due to air pockets, poor soldiering and heat damage.
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Fuller settled that case in 2005, saying there was an agreement that X-Factor would not air in the US until 2011 - and that he would be granted an executive producer credit if it aired after that date.
The page will include current X Games 16 content (daily highlights and discipline highlights), ESPN Films (30 for 30: The Birth of Big Air, 199 Lives: The Travis Pastrana Story, Shaun White: Don't Look Down, Moto X: Evolution of the Trick, and Down the Barrel), Athlete Music Playlists (from Mat Hoffman, Kenny Brack, Blake "Bilko" Williams, and Josh Hansen), As Heard at X music playlists (from our on-air broadcast), Phone Aps, and Free Podcasts.
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While the Air Force did not have immediate plans for a successor to the X-51A, it said it will continue hypersonic flight research.
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is led by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, and is designed to demonstrate reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to, and examined, on Earth.
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Hosted by Sal Masekela, the X Games telecast will once again feature a talented collection of on-air commentators.
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On the contrary, he says the X-Factor universe is populated by mold breakers like Apple, Google and Ryan Air, who have what it takes to stand out in an increasingly global and competitive environment.
In terms of build quality, it's on par with the Air, and there's an argument to be made that its matte, 400-nit, 1600 x 900 display is actually better than the reflective 1440 x 900 Apple is offering.
Television X - The Fantasy Channel also transmits a number of 10-minute free-to-air trailers.
The X-43A, or "Hyper-X" was built specifically to test scramjets, or supersonic ramjets, which burn fuel in air travelling at supersonic speeds.
The symbol of the test-pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave desert, where Mr Armstrong spent years testing military jets, flying the X-15 at 4, 000mph to the very edge of the atmosphere, is a slide rule over a stylised aircraft.
Nowadays, behind Skunk Works' highly secure perimeter, engineers reportedly are working on the aviation wonders of tomorrow, including a lightweight cargo plane called the X-55A and a bizarre, blimp-like airship called the P-791 Hybrid Air Vehicle, which has special technology that allows it to take off and land just about anywhere.
While the Air Force has stated that the vehicle is meant only for conducting orbital science experiments, analysts say the X-37B is capable of much more, and could perform additional tasks such as acting as an orbital spy, sneaking up on and tampering with enemy satellites or hauling small batches of supplies to the International Space Station.
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