Lost in space

Abbey is correct on EO Capabilities
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lost-in-space/article/2568052


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The X-37B: Exploring expanded capabilities for ISS missions | NASASpaceFlight.com

And those in Congress specializing in space are well aware that, had getting independent access to ISS for our nation really been Job #1 for NASA's leadership, then the Administration would have approved Boeing's proposal for the X-37B follow-on, the 5 crew X-37C. We are talking about a dependable spacecraft that can sit in orbit for over a year and NASA said no to making it a crewed vehicle. Why?
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/03/x-37b-expanded-capabilities-iss-missions/


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Trump's Space Council Head is a SpaceX Skeptic | Inverse

Part of Pace's doubts seem to stem from how badly SpaceX has managed to meet so many of its deadlines over the last decade. Nowhere is this clearer than in NASA's Commercial Crew Program, in which SpaceX (along with Boeing) are developing commercial spaceflight vehicles to allow the United States to once again use American spacecraft to send astronauts to the International Space Station and low Earth orbit.

Those vehicles were

 supposed to be ready for human spaceflight years ago. It's 2017 and we're still waiting.

https://www.inverse.com/article/35282-trump-space-council-head-spacex-skeptic-elon-musk

The Space Review: Black ops and the shuttle (part 2): Reconnaissance missions in the space shuttle, from WASP to ZEUS

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3302/1


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X37C

We must develop X37C!
And those in Congress specializing in space are well aware that, had getting independent access to ISS for our nation really been Job #1 for NASA's leadership, then the Administration would have approved Boeing's proposal for the X-37B follow-on, the 5 crew X-37C. We are talking about a dependable spacecraft that can sit in orbit for over a year and NASA said no to making it a crewed vehicle. Why? Jim Hillhouse AS

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Why Russia and China Should Fear the X-37B Space Plane | The National Interest Blog

. An expanded X-37B capability may be an answer to defending these vital assets through providing close-in escorting capabilities that can respond to an approaching threat before it can close within range of its target. For the US to take a step towards the weaponization of space is a policy dilemma for Washington and has implications on space security, both of which will considered in a subsequent article.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-russia-china-should-fear-the-x-37b-space-plane-18099?page=2


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S/b conducting these operations today but have had decades of weak leaders!