Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > The Academy > Tilted Paranoia


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 06-02-2005, 06:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
Pickles
 
ObieX's Avatar
 
Location: Shirt and Pants (NJ)
Space Spies

LOL i was visiting www.nasa.gov as i do on a some-what regular basis (i like to look at what the rovers are doing.. and cassini.. and the sun projects.. and well.. im interested in pretty much anything about space) and i noticed this interesting article.

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/fea...pacesuits.html

Quote:
Suits for Space Spies

06.02.05

Space suit found at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station A recent venture into a long-locked room at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida uncovered interesting artifacts of a by-gone era: retired spacesuits from Americans who trained in the 1960s to be space spies.

Two security officers were doing a check of a facility known as the Launch Complex 5/6 museum. NASA Special Agent Dann E. Oakland and Security Manager Henry Butler, of the company that oversees the museum, Delaware North Parks and Resorts, discovered a locked room -- and they had no key.

They eventually were able to unlock the door using a master key. With no power, the room had evidently not been accessed by people in many years. The officers used flashlights to explore the room and make their noteworthy find.

But Oakland and Butler weren't the first visitors. Rodents had clearly explored the room over the years. Still, two blue spacesuits were "complete and in remarkable shape," according to the suits' manufacturer, who examined them.

Investigators started looking into who owned the spacesuits. A NASA technician initially thought they were training suits from the end of the Gemini or beginning of the Apollo space programs. The manufacturer, however, determined that they were MH-7 training suits from a short-lived Cold War-era military program to put a manned reconnaissance station in space.

Begun in 1964, the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program was an Air Force initiative that would have sent Air Force astronauts to a space station in a Gemini capsule. After spending a few weeks in orbit, the crew would undock and return to Earth. The Air Force abandoned the program in 1969, but the program produced a great deal of technological development, and three groups of military officers trained to be MOL astronauts.

The spacesuit with identifying number 008 had the name "LAWYER" on the left sleeve. The suit was traced to Lt. Col. Richard E. Lawyer, a member of the first group recruited to be MOL astronauts in 1965. Records show that official ownership of this suit was transferred by NASA to the Smithsonian Institution in 1983. The suit itself has now been returned to the Smithsonian.

No records were found for the other suit, with the intriguing identifying number 007. It still belongs to NASA, and the agency's plans for the suit are still being determined.

Other historical treasures found in the room include old film canisters, one flown shuttle main landing tire, electrical equipment, and various miscellaneous boxes.

The MOL program left other legacies to NASA, as well. When the program was cancelled, seven of the younger astronauts were transferred to the agency's human space flight program and went on to have standout careers. Among them were Robert Crippen, pilot of the first Space Shuttle mission, and Richard H. "Dick" Truly, who later became NASA Administrator.

Quote:
Image left: Spacesuits from the Air Force's planned Manned Orbiting Laboratory program (top) were found in a locked room at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (bottom). Credit: NASA/Dann Oakland


Quote:
Image above: A 1960 conceptual drawing of the Manned Orbitng Laboratory. Click for larger image. Credit: NASA

Kinda makes you wonder what other stuff we were cooking up back then. What kinda stuff is still going on?..

__________________
We Must Dissent.
ObieX is offline  
Old 06-03-2005, 05:54 AM   #2 (permalink)
Pickles
 
ObieX's Avatar
 
Location: Shirt and Pants (NJ)
Hmm.. didnt notice this earlier. But an odd thing in the large picture. Granted it is just an artist's conception but i notied that little capsule to the left of the station seems to be firing something (missiles?) into what appears to be a hurricane off the southern coast of florida. They sure had some strange ideas back then.



eh?
__________________
We Must Dissent.
ObieX is offline  
Old 06-03-2005, 12:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
High Honorary Junkie
 
Location: Tri-state.
re: the capsule going into the hurricane...could it be a reference to the idea of "weather modification" and implanting hurricanes with various things (over the years) to make them disintegrate?
macmanmike6100 is offline  
Old 06-03-2005, 12:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
Banned
 
Zeraph's Avatar
 
Location: The Cosmos
Our government (and most others who have the budget) have tried and looked into nearly every crazy idea one can imagine. Of course, very few pan out, but it makes you wonder what might have been so successful we still havnt heard of it.
Zeraph is offline  
Old 06-03-2005, 11:30 PM   #5 (permalink)
Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One
 
archer2371's Avatar
 
Location: On the front lines against our very enemy
Space spies are still up there, it's just that they're mechanical and not human. If satellites could read the license plate of a car from space in the 70s, think what they can do now.
__________________
"This ain't no Ice Cream Social!"

"Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it."

"I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."
archer2371 is offline  
 

Tags
space, spies

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:48 PM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360