Paul Marks

  • Secret Space Plane Has Solar Stowaway

    Secret Space Plane Has Solar Stowaway

    The US air force launched the second un-piloted X-37B space plane into low-Earth orbit on Saturday. While the nine-metre-long drone’s mission is mysterious, a trawl of the patents filed by its maker, Boeing, before the plane became a secret “black” programme of the Department of defence in 2004, throws some light on the technology it…