Airforce commercial

[drizzt]

I just saw an Airforce commercial with the airman talking about all that you can fly. "helicopters,aircrafts, spaceships, and STARSHIPS".

spaceships to me is the shuttles.
starships to me is a ship that goes to the stars.

very interesting that they put it in your faces and no ones asks questions.

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

I just hope the private sector liberates space travel from the air force/NASA monopoly very soon.

What is this, god emperor of dune?

As former air force mxs I have to say, discard the old junk heaps enabling milterror and print up some shuttles...

I hope 3 d printing revolutionizes space tech.

Build it in orbit.

[Octavusprime]

I just hope the private sector liberates space travel from the air force/NASA monopoly very soon.

What is this, god emperor of dune?

As former air force mxs I have to say, discard the old junk heaps enabling milterror and print up some shuttles...

I hope 3 d printing revolutionizes space tech.

Build it in orbit.

Well said but you would still have to bring the building materials into space.... Unless you start mining, refining, making alloys/plastics, etc in space.

[Octavusprime]

Here is the vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpV64nsZI9I

[drizzt]

yes that is the one that I saw!!!!

so apparently we have starships cuz he flew them by his own words.

[RunningDeer]

Here is the vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpV64nsZI9I

Hi Octavusprime,
For future reference, when you use the 3rd icon from the right called, "YouTube", the vid will come up in your post.

Steps: Add the link address to your post, highlight it, and then click on the YouTube icon. :wave:


American Airman - Colonel Alvin Drew
tpV64nsZI9I

[Octavusprime]

Thanks Paula! Other forums I frequent do that automatically I guess.

[TargeT]

Well the Airforce has several "starships" really, a more recent one being the Boeing X-37 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37)
http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/x-40a-1.jpg
so technically it's right, right?

you could call this a "space drone"

[Octavusprime]

When I think starship, I imagine a ship that can visit other star systems but perhaps there are looser definitions out there.