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You don't have to worry about someone having to eat, sleep, or do other things. and you are not risking a man. you are not jeopardizing someone's life by getting critical intelligence. >> by the way, boeing is building this thing on its own looking for a buyer. so far no government contract but if it works, they will likely get plenty. shep? >> shepard: then there is another secretive u.s. space craft that is supposed to land sometime soon, right? >> yes. supposed to land sometime in the next couple of weeks. this thing was only supposed to be orbiting the earth for 278 days. now it's been up ...

>> the space craft, x-37b lifted off from cape canaveral. they will not say much else. pentagon correspondent barbara starr is following the story for us. >> reporter: the launch into space from florida is the first for the secret air force project. it's a military mystery. what is this? is it an aircraft? is it the next generation space shuttle? why is it such a secret? this is the x-37b, a classified project never fully explained by the pentagon but hasn't stopped the speculation. some worry this is the beginning of you military operations in space, it might carry weapons to shoot down enemy...

S in space. that the plane might someday carry weapons to shoot down enemy satellites. >> it may be used as a quick response vehicle where it could be used to be launched very quickly, be sent over the planet to dangerous spot very quickly. then, release weapons at that point. >> reporter: in a recent meeting with reporters, a top air force official said, no way. >> i don't know how this could be called weaponization of space. fundamentally, it's an updated version of the space shuttle kind of activities in space. >> liftoff. >> reporter: unlike the reusable space shuttle, the x-37b is unmanne...

About. it's a military mystery. what is this? is it an aircraft? is it the next generation space shuttle? why is it such a secret? this is the x-37b. a classified air force project that's never been fully explained by the pentagon but it hasn't stopped the speculation. some worry this is the beginning of military operations in space, that the plain might someday carry weapons to shoot down enemy satellites. >> they are concerned it might be a vehicle that could be launched very quickly and then release weapons at that point. >> reporter: in a recent meeting with reporters, a top air force offi...

The speculation. some worry this is the beginning of military operations in space. that the plane might someday carry weapons to shoot down enemy satellites. >> they're also concerned it may be used as a quick response sort of vehicle, where it could be used to be launched very quickly, be sent over the planet to dangerous spot very quickly and then release weapons at that point. >> reporter: in a recent meeting with reporters, a top air force official said no way. >> i don't know how this could be called weaponization of space. fundamentally it's an updated version of space shuttle kind of ac...