Astrospies: US Astronauts in Cold War Intelligence

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An elite corps of secret US astronauts is trained to gather intelligence on the Soviets during the cold war.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies/

Watch online:
http://video.pbs.org/video/980042464/program/979359664
 
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Cool, I'll have to check this out later.

WOWwww, that was really amazing! Especially considering the youtube video I posted.
 
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Yes, I thought it was very interesting - a rare look into a very secret program. Did you catch the statement that parts of that program are still classified! Of course that may be simply because no one has filed a FOIA request for declassification. I heard that there are something like 1 billion documents from the cold war awaiting declassification.

On the other hand, given that Nova did a documentary on it, one would think that they filed a FOIA request.

I liked the news headline that the one astronaut said that they joked about: A secret rocket was launched from an unknown location for an undisclosed mission with a crew of unnamed astronauts...
 
Ivan Seeking said:
On the other hand, given that Nova did a documentary on it, one would think that they filed a FOIA request.

That, or they are good friends with the government's PR and get free scraps if they don't dig up old bones.
 
Pythagorean said:
That, or they are good friends with the government's PR and get free scraps if they don't dig up old bones.

The declassification process is pretty standard. Illegally releasing classified information is a serious offense.

Much of the good UFO stuff comes from declassified files obtained through a FOIA request.
 
Ivan Seeking said:
Watch online: [PLAIN]http://vide...em is not currently available"[/I] :frown:
 
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Equate said:
"The selected item is not currently available"

:frown:

Only one person may watch it at a time. Please wait your turn... :-p
 
That worked, thanks.

Very interesting information in that piece...
 
Ivan Seeking said:
The declassification process is pretty standard. Illegally releasing classified information is a serious offense.

Much of the good UFO stuff comes from declassified files obtained through a FOIA request.

Well, I wasn't completely serious, but I wasn't referring to illegally releasing classified information. Just about filing more FOIA's then certain peoples would appreciate.