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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. Lawyer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quoth TFA:

    The spacesuit with identifying number 008 had the name "LAWYER" on the left sleeve. The suit was traced to Lt. Col. Richard E. Lawyer, a member of the first group recruited to be MOL astronauts in 1965. Records show that official ownership of this suit was transferred by NASA to the Smithsonian Institution in 1983. The suit itself has now been returned to the Smithsonian.

    I thought the idea was to send lawyers in space WITHOUT environmental gear, sillies.

  2. Wow... the 1960's.. by brxndxn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Articles like this make me look forward to the 1960's..

    They were really advanced.. and we're lame - we just have Internets.

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  3. Forgotten in a room for 30 years?? by SleepyHappyDoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Holy smokes, they can build spaceships, land men on the moon, but they can't take an inventory? What else do they have laying around?

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