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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by google234123 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @08:31PM (#31914981)
How is the existence of the NRO a counter to "Why is this such a persistent meme that governments always have some crazy tech up their sleeves"? Like why would it matter if it was the Air Force buying satellite or some other agency like the navy or NRO?

> the sensors/mirrors were well ahead of anything NASA, including the Hubble telescope.

Hubble was designed in the 70s and launched in the 90s. So what if the NRO can spend more money and get something slightly better, how is that surprising?

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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @08:38PM (#31915032)
> How is the existence of the NRO a counter to "Why is this such a persistent meme that governments always have some crazy tech up their sleeves"?

The NRO had crazy secret tech up its sleeves. It is a part of the U.S. government. It is far from the only such example.

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