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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. oh yeah first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!

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  2. Capricorn One by drsmack1 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is this why that mission failed? They forgot their suits?

    It did not start well; O.J. got stuck in the security screening line trying to explain why he needed a 10" kitchen knife in his carry-on.

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  3. mafre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Wow, this is somehow Bush's fault... by GermanShorthair · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Summary of every fucking liberal's slant on any subject: If we don't all have publicly funded WiFi, 1960's spacesuits wouldn't be the Devil and Linux would run the world on Macs because a Mac has never, ever drilled for oil on Mars and then we wouldn't suffer from /. OCD complex brought about by capitalist sitting-on-ass-in-front-of-computer armchair tax-refund spending sprees. Something like that.

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