Topic: Minotaur Rocket

The U.S. Air Force launches the Falcon HTV-2, an unmanned hypersonic aircraft capable of traveling at 20 times the speed of sound, from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Ground crews lose contact with the craft shortly after separation from its Minotaur rocket. The hosts speculate on the craft's true destination and purpose.

A WikiLeaks cable reportedly confirms a 2008 military standoff between the U.S. and China involving the shooting down of satellites. The hosts discuss the use of lasers to destroy orbital junk and the recent launch of a Minotaur 1 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base. They suggest that "space war" is a reality that was previously dismissed as a conspiracy theory.