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2007-12-05 Science & Technology

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2007-12-05 14:30|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 ..and 51 little green men with polka dots take care of this facility right Chuck?

~:)

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-12-05 14:42|| 2007-12-05 14:42|| Front Page Top

#2 This is awesome. May the anti-military greenies choke on it.

Thanks for yet another great article, Chuck.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-12-05 14:57|| 2007-12-05 14:57|| Front Page Top

#3 My writing for the last three days has been full of obvious mistakes. Jeez, one little TIA and things go all to heck.

Can't be the liquor. Or the drugs.

Since there are so few terrorist deaths to count, I've just lost my focus.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-12-05 14:57|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-12-05 14:57|| Front Page Top

#4 No doubt we'll be getting more news from Afghanistan soon enough, Chuck... or elsewhere. In the meantime, enjoy the little break.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-12-05 15:24|| 2007-12-05 15:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Solar collector, my ass. The thing is obviously a battle laser for when They come back.

Posted by SteveS 2007-12-05 16:00|| 2007-12-05 16:00|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm amazed it took them this long. A place like Area 51 should be off the grid so environmentalists and other wackos can't either cut off the power or figure out how much is used and when.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-12-05 16:07|| 2007-12-05 16:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Sue Charlton: He's got a knife.
Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee: [chuckling] That's not a knife.
Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee: [Dundee draws a large Bowie knife]
Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee: *That's* a knife.

*Sandia National Laboratory Solar Power Tower

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-12-05 18:18|| 2007-12-05 18:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Dang, P2K. That thing could attract Wise Men from the East.

Posted by eLarson 2007-12-05 19:04|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-12-05 19:04|| Front Page Top

#9 So it'll save $1M a year....
I gotta ask... how many $M did it cost to put up - including labor? Does that include the maintenance cost?

Unless of course it really is a battle laser in which case 'Cool!'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2007-12-05 19:16|| 2007-12-05 19:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Very likely, although space-based domestic energy assets should not be discounted. Even here on Guam, at Nite one can VISUALLY see SPAWAR/SATWAR thingys adjusting their orbits or flying overhead, + ENERGY BEAMS/LINEAR FLOWS EMANATING FROM SOME, BUT NOT ALL, OF SAME. ALSO, USAF-DOD SATCOM-equipped/capable aircraft fly wid "AFSC" or "JSC", etc. markings which TMK is "AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND" + "JOINT SPACE COMMAND".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-12-05 23:56|| 2007-12-05 23:56|| Front Page Top

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