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[Tesseract]

testing extremes

 

[FelixOrion]

I don't see how there's any room, what with the skeleton in there already. Unless...

IS SKELETON ALIEN ???

You rang?

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

They plan to test an experimental propulsion system? The EM Drive?

 

[NYCmetsfan]

It's heading back to space
The Secret Air Force Space Drone Heads Back Into Orbit

Stop calling every thing a drone people.

 

[akira28]

long term recon over target areas, deploying satellites, testbed for propulsion prototypes...anything else?

those are the known activities.

 

[SwiftDeath]

So how does it stay up in the air for 600+ days?

Does it basically orbit the planet like a satellite?

 

[FelixOrion]

They plan to test an experimental propulsion system? The EM Drive?

Wouldn't make sense on something that isn't a probe, imo. Probably something like a SABRE?

So how does it stay up in the air for 600+ days?

Does it basically orbit the planet like a satellite?

...because it was in orbit.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

It has spent nearly four years in space.
135 missions