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The space shuttle's Southland legacy
The space shuttle program helped carry Southern California's aerospace industry for four decades, bequeathing new aeronautical technology — and jobs — to the local economy.
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By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times
July 5, 2011
Bob Kahl slips in through a side door of the vast, abandoned hangar and looks at what's left of the assembly plant where he worked for nearly 40 years.
He remembers the hum of power tools, the biting aroma of cutting oil, swarms of workers plugging away on a labyrinth of yellow scaffolding. All that's left is a few piles of broken concrete and a sea of colorless dust that coats a Palmdale factory floor the size of two football fields.
"Welcome to the birthplace of America's space shuttle fleet," said Kahl, 60, smiling. "I never really thought it could come to this."
Photos: The shuttle's legacy in Southern California
Amid the odes to a shuttle program that ends with the last mission of the last shuttle, Atlantis, scheduled for liftoff Friday, is an awareness that the space plane helped carry Southern California's aerospace industry for four decades. It staved off decline after the end of the moon landings, bequeathing new generations of aeronautical technology — and jobs — to the regional economy.
"Building the space shuttle fleet enabled a historic chapter in NASA's space program," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, a former shuttle commander. "Southern California has a strong place in shuttle history as a key site where the spacecraft were built and often landed."
Constructing the shuttle fleet was testament to how advanced Southern California's aerospace engineering and labor workforce had become by the 1970s — and assured that the vast assemblage of brainpower and engineering know-how would not be lost in the Southland.
The history of the shuttle program may be linked forever to the flights of Challenger and Columbia, its two deadly tragedies. But the shuttle era will also be remembered for advancing technology, including reusable rocket engines and computerized guidance systems, that changed manned flight.
The shuttle is considered the world's most advanced flying machine because it blasted into space like a rocket, behaved in orbit like a floating laboratory, buzzed to and from the International Space Station with astronauts and supplies, and landed back on a runway like an airplane.
Before the shuttle, astronauts reached space by squeezing into a small capsule launched atop a massive rocket. By the time the shuttle was in design, the space program was looking for ways to keep as many as seven astronauts in orbit for weeks at a time in relative comfort.
To do this, scientists and engineers had to rethink nearly every aspect of the endeavor, notably flight controls, rocket engines and protection from searing heat generated by reentry.
"The shuttle was unlike anything that preceded it, so there were always new questions to answer," said Dwight Woolhouse, a shuttle engineer from the beginning of the program to this day.
The shuttle — large and aerodynamically unstable — needed sophisticated computer controls to guide the flight. The system, known as "fly by wire," is common on today's aircraft, but it was a rarity in flying machines in the 1970s. Engineers in Downey developed the computer-aided autopilot flight controls similar to today's systems that allow mammoth Boeing 747 jumbo jets to almost fly themselves.
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Technology
Declassified photos of Area 51 and crashed spy plane surface
June 2, 2011 | 12:26 pm
Area-51-cover-up
Area 51 has been ground zero for conspiracy theorists for decades.
Flying saucers. Bug-eyed aliens. Staged moon landings.
The government hasn't helped alleviate speculation –- it doesn't even acknowledge that the military outpost exists. If it did, it would be deep in the Nevada desert about 100 miles outside of Las Vegas.
But now, National Geographic is providing the public with a rare glimpse inside the clandestine site. It recently published never-before-seen, declassified photos from 1963 of a military plane crash and its coverup by the government, according to its website.
"Area 51 was created so that U.S. Cold Warriors with the highest security clearances could pursue cutting-edge aeronautical projects away from prying eyes," National Geographic said. "During the 1950s and '60s Area 51's top-secret OXCART program developed the A-12."
Made by Lockheed Corp., the A-12 was a precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The futuristic-looking jet could tear through the skies at more than 2,200 mph at 80,000 feet.
Check out the photo above and here to see the A-12 without its ominous black paint. Instead, its silver titanium shines bright under the desert sun -- a stark contrast to the A-12 in front of the Science Center at Exposition Park.Los Angeles Times...
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Ben Rich Lockheed Skunk Works CEO had admitted in his Deathbed Confession that Extraterrestrial UFO visitors are real and U.S. Military travel to stars.
According to article published in May 2010 issue of the MUFON UFO JOURNAL - Ben Rich, the “Father of the Stealth Fighter-Bomber” and former head of Lockheed Skunk Works, once let out information about Extraterrestrial UFO Visitors Are Real And U.S. Military Travel To StarsBen Rich Lockheed Skunk Works CEO had admitted in his Deathbed Confession that... more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Pentagon leaders on Wednesday underscored their commitment to the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program and challenged some of the arguments Boeing Co is hoping could help it sell more of its F/A-18 fighters before production of the F-35 gets into full swing.
For Full Story On Gates and the f-35 Fighter Jet....http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/gates-defends-f-35-no-increase-in-fa-18s-f-35-general-sacked-by-pentagon/
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said recent data showed that a multiyear contract for new Boeing F/A-18 fighters would save only 6.5 percent in procurement costs, far short of a 10 percent threshold for signing such long-term agreements.WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Pentagon leaders on Wednesday underscored their... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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Interview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear that in 1980 the “Military Industrial Complex” that President Eisenhower warned the nation about in 1961, and the “shadowy Government” that Sen. Inouye warned the nation about in 1977 impacted the life of Niara in a deep way while she was serving in the USAF in Nevada.
Niara has been an alien abductee/contactee since early childhood. During Jan-Mar 1980 while serving in the USAF in Nevada she was subjected to rapes, un-authorized drug injections, and threats to not remember what she did in the line of duty after seeing several UFO’s in the Tonopah area above her manned RADAR site. During that time she was taken by gunpoint to her daily duty station.
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NIARA TERELA ISLEY, PO.BOX 4448, DURANGO, CO 81302
gaiatribe.niara@gmail.com
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by Charles Gilbert WrightInterview with Niara in Durango, Colorado on November 14 and 15, 2009.
It is clear... more
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