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NASA Discovers Space Spies From the 60's

Posted by Zonk on from the wa-wa-wa-waaaaaaaaaaaa dept.

Saeed al-Sahaf writes "In a room forgotten for more than thirty years at NASA's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA recently found suits for space spies. Originally thought to be Gemini suits, the manufacturer determined that they were 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. An interesting blast from the past."

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  1. Wasn't Paranoia by reallocate · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Being concerned because your enemies are aiming a few tens of thousand nukes at you is not paranoid.

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    1. Re:Wasn't Paranoia by drsmack1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      >>The REAL question that should be asked, is why do you have those enemies in the first place. Answer that question and you have solved the problem.

      I think that the USSR was considered an enemy because we were in the way of them accomplishing their stated goal of world conquest. They threatened to nuke us several times if we interfered.

      It was soooo long ago; maybe it didn't happen...

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    2. Re:Wasn't Paranoia by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I think that the USSR was considered an enemy because we were in the way of them accomplishing their stated goal of world conquest.

      That's funny, because in Soviet Russia, the USA was considered an enemy because the Soviets were in the way of the US accomplishing their stated goal of world conquest.

      We call it things like 'Opening the Markets', 'capitalism', and 'free trade'. It wasn't really 'free market', as much as opening the markets to American business, which would frequently be favored over non-American businesses.

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    3. Re:Wasn't Paranoia by bombadier_beetle · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Put down the bong and pick up a history book, son. The stated goal of the United States during the Cold War included very little about free trade and open markets. But of course, it's not hip these days to acknowledge that, on the whole, the US is a force for human rights, economic progress, and democratization.

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    4. Re:Wasn't Paranoia by bombadillo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Turn off Fox news and put down the viagra,oxycotin ro other pharm drug of your choice.

      But of course, it's not hip these days to acknowledge that, on the whole, the US is a force for human rights, economic progress, and democratization.

      Yeah go tell Central and South America that. Get off your ass , visit other countries around the world. Go see how the other 90% lives.

    5. Re:Wasn't Paranoia by iminplaya · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I never said it wasn't a team effort. However, if we acted on what was known and if we weren't providing (albeit minor)economic support to the man, he never would have been a real problem. We(and others)let this happen. We knew what was going on. We knew what he was doing to the Jewish population. We did nothing because it was an "internal" matter. Same thing haapens today. Now because we wasted our credibility in places like Vietnam and Central and South America, and more importantly, the Middle East. we can't go anywhere to help the helpless(like in Cambodia or Rwanda), first because that's never our intention, and second now we look like the invaders that we have become. I really wish we could be the good guys here, but we're not. We just have the slickest propaganda machine in town. And the misery continues. There really are no heroes. Oh, how I miss Camelot. "It's been all downhill since Kennedy died." :-)

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    6. Re:Wasn't Paranoia by lgw · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The truth of what he says seems obvious to me, and I'd suspect to anyone who believes in such things as "Right" and "Wrong" with capital letters. Hitler's system of maintaining power deserved to be destroyed. Stalin's system of maintaining power deserved to be destroyed. Saddam's system of maintaining power deserved to be destroyed. These statements shouldn't be controversial - unless you've lost all moral compass.

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  2. Re:Lawyer? by Lord+Kano · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everyone hates lawyers, until they need one.

    When you've been falsely accused of a crime or illegal tactics are used against you, you'll gain a new appreciation for lawyers.

    LK

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