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SPACECOM mission, two videos

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October 25, 2017, 08:35 PM
Sigmund
SPACECOM mission, two videos
Paging Hound Dog!!

First video has scenes from Buckley and Schriever AFBs, second goes into Cheyenne Mountain.

https://www.cbsnews.com/videos...-extends-into-space/

https://www.cbsnews.com/videos...e-us-in-outer-space/
October 25, 2017, 10:48 PM
Hound Dog
Cheyenne Mountain is an amazing place. I haven't been inside there since 1996 (I trained in there for two weeks), and I would LOVE to take a tour of the place now.

The video won't play for me, for some reason. . .


Fear God and Dread Nought
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher
October 26, 2017, 01:46 PM
Hound Dog
Ok, worked that time.

They did get some facts wrong. They said GPS was created around the time of the first Gulf War for 'communications.' It was developed in the 80s (only got real attention during Desert Storm), and it never was intended for comms.


Space people have been talking for years about a US Space Force. I think this would be the stupidest thing possible. Space is so small (personnel-wise) that they would eat up too much costs in admin support. It's fine as a sub-branch of the USAF. . .


Fear God and Dread Nought
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher
October 30, 2017, 03:01 PM
rduckwor
quote:
They did get some facts wrong. They said GPS was created around the time of the first Gulf War for 'communications.' It was developed in the 80s (only got real attention during Desert Storm), and it never was intended for comms.



Yeah, I caught that as well. Well, they're newsies, not nerds. Overall, good pieces.

Thanks,

RMD



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