Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Skylab-Area 51 Incident

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the back-in-time dept.

IZ Reloaded writes "The Space Review has an interesting story written by Dwayne Day about the 1974 incident when astronauts onboard Skylab took photos of a facility that did not exist in the US called Area 51. From The Space Review: What the memo indicates is that there was a difference between the way the civilian agencies of the US government and the military agencies looked at their roles. NASA had ties to the military, but it was clearly a civilian agency. And although the reasons why NASA officials felt that the photo should be released are unknown, the most likely explanation is that NASA officials did not feel that the civilian agency should conceal any of its activities. Many of NASA's relations with other organizations and foreign governments were based on the assumption that NASA did not engage in spying and did not conceal its activities."

4 of 334 comments (clear)

  1. Re:A fun little theory by tepzepi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can't stand it anymore... it "existence" and "exists" and "exist" IANAGN, but please :-)

  2. Re:This is science? My asp it is! by Doomedsnowball · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is Unintelligent Design at work. Become one of the unbelievers! These articles are like hunks of meat thrown in the 'gator tank. Don't complain about the cut of the meat, just get out the tank.

    --
    7h3$3 4r3n'7 7h3 Ðr01Ð$ ¥0 4r3 £00|{1n9 f0r. M0v3 4£0n9. --OB1
  3. Re:Oldest trick in the book by gmikej · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wish I had modding power so I could give you a -5 troll. WHY is everything about Iraq? And what is the conspiracy there? Oh I know what you'll say... "O!L!!!! Bu$h is getting rich off oil!!! That's why he has become the most hated person in the world so he can have money and power!!!"
    Too bad most people that hate the current person in office don't think of a few simple facts:
    (1) He was already rich.
    (2) If he really wanted power he would be doing things EVERYONE liked... or at least not pissing off the world (i.e. any past liberal president).

    Maybe, just maybe, the actual conspiracy is that, although unpopular, we are in Iraq to help the Iraq people. That may not be why we went there in the first place, but that is why we are there now. No conspiracy... move along.

    *sigh*

    Wow that was offtopic...

  4. Offtopic by JamesR2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How come /. is not vulnerable to the /. effect? Text only? Super servers?