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Laser-Scanning U.S. Landmarks

Posted by timothy on from the just-in-case dept.

MeanMF writes "The New York Daily News reports in this article that the National Park Service is creating detailed 3-D maps of national monuments such as the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore using high-resolution laser scanners. Their goal is to create highly-accurate blueprints that can be used to reconstruct the monuments if they are damaged by a terrorist attack or other means." The same story is also available at Yahoo!.

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  1. Re:Replace them? by CokeBear · · Score: 1, Troll

    Not necessarily.
    The moon landings clearly happened. There is no doubt in my mind about that. There are also no aliens at area 51, and never were.

    There is, however, a small shadow of doubt about whether the US government had anything to do with Sept 11th, or at least knew about it and failed to prevent it. This is the same government, remember, that killed its own leader back in '63.
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  2. Re:Mod parent down by garcia · · Score: 1, Troll

    they can't explain or the moderation would drop and be a waste.

    What building in existance right now do you believe to be able to withstand the impact of 767s?