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September 16, 2018, 04:10 PM
flashguy
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Originally posted by bald1: Latest spin is that espionage is the cause with the telescope being used to spy on local military bases.
Please explain to me how a ground-based Solar telescope could be aimed at another point of the ground--it can only look upward. I suppose there is a remote possibility that it could be set to spy on a satellite, but it's not designed to track anything that moves that fast.
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September 16, 2018, 04:12 PM
stickman428
They don’t want people looking at Space Force bases.
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September 16, 2018, 04:15 PM
bald1
quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
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Originally posted by bald1: Latest spin is that espionage is the cause with the telescope being used to spy on local military bases.
Please explain to me how a ground-based Solar telescope could be aimed at another point of the ground--it can only look upward. I suppose there is a remote possibility that it could be set to spy on a satellite, but it's not designed to track anything that moves that fast.
Oh hell I quite concur. You did notice my big assed toothy grin emoticon right? The spin factories have been on overtime generating wild and wacky theories about what has been going on.
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September 16, 2018, 04:24 PM
Fundman
All joking aside, I think this has nothing to do with security or espionage. My guess it is just a contract issue. While the observatory is federally funded it is actually run by a consortium of university scientific groups called AURA. From what I have read the contract with AURA is not being renewed and a new scientific group will run the observatory. The government decided they didn't want the employees from AURA sticking around during the transition because of possible intellectual property theft or maybe mischief by disgruntled people losing their job. So the govt is just shutting the place down during the switch over.
The people were forced out of the homes because they are govt property and are only for the use of people working at the facility. The post office closed because its only purpose is mail coming into and out of the observatory. I think the govt was surprised by all the attention this has gotten so they just spouted the standby "ongoing security issue" in an attempt to shut down any pesky questions. With all the people showing up and taking youtube videos of the abandoned site the security line was looking like a bogus excuse so they have now sent some security guards out there to at least make it look like there is a security concern. Of course this could be all wrong.
September 16, 2018, 04:36 PM
sigfreund
Thank you, Fundman, for that. I was interested in this incident and had to keep coming back here in hopes of more information. Yours are the first meaningful comments in the thread, and even if you’re totally wrong that was a refreshing change.
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September 16, 2018, 07:20 PM
bubbatime
Dammit I had a thousand MRE's coming this week. Can you ask the UPS guy to return them to the vender?
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September 16, 2018, 08:28 PM
Audioholic
AURA is out, MARVIN is in.
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September 16, 2018, 08:54 PM
FlyingScot
Marvin the Martian
Tyler Rogaway from the war zone had a good write up. Funding issues makes as much sense as anything.
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September 17, 2018, 01:48 AM
flashguy
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Originally posted by bald1:
quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
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Originally posted by bald1: Latest spin is that espionage is the cause with the telescope being used to spy on local military bases.
Please explain to me how a ground-based Solar telescope could be aimed at another point of the ground--it can only look upward. I suppose there is a remote possibility that it could be set to spy on a satellite, but it's not designed to track anything that moves that fast.
Oh hell I quite concur. You did notice my big assed toothy grin emoticon right? The spin factories have been on overtime generating wild and wacky theories about what has been going on.
Yes, I noticed the grin, but I didn't interpret it the way you intended, I guess. We really need to get the facepalm Smiley back.
KTSM El Paso is reporting there was child porn on at least one computer. Posting from my phone so no link but Drudge has it.
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September 19, 2018, 09:45 PM
Ronin1069
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Originally posted by darthfuster: KTSM El Paso is reporting there was child porn on at least one computer. Posting from my phone so no link but Drudge has it.
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The spin factories have been on overtime generating wild and wacky theories about what has been going on.
