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If you're interested about (formerly) classified satellites, Dwayne Day's articles on The Space Review are a great place to find out more. https://www.thespace
by trothamel 5y ago
If you're interested about (formerly) classified satellites, Dwayne Day's articles on The Space Review are a great place to find out more.
https://www.thespacereview.com/ https://www.thespacereview.com/
I remember one story - might be from him, might be someowhere else - of an engineer breaking down when one of the classified programs (GAMBIT, maybe) was finally revealed, because he could finally explain to his family what he was doing all those long nights. For all the engineers that get to discuss what they do on sites like this one, there are others that won't for decades - and I assume that's still true today.
- jakedata 5y agoA Navy buddy of my father took my family on a personal tour of the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy center. We got to the Polaris missile exhibit and he paused, checked the date and appeared to do a little mental math before telling us how he spent a substantial portion of his career.