http://astroguyz.com/2008/05/27/keep-watching-the-skies-by-w-patrick-mccray/ A Gathering of All Things Astronomical Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:23:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://astroguyz.com/2008/05/27/keep-watching-the-skies-by-w-patrick-mccray/comment-page-1/#comment-39541 Satellite Spotting: A Quick How-to Guide. : AstroGuyz.com Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:03:29 +0000 http://astroguyz.com/2008/05/27/keep-watching-the-skies-by-w-patrick-mccray/#comment-39541 [...] Satellite spotting used to be a matter of national security. As recounted in Patrick McCray’s Keep Watching the Skies! Operation Moonwatch  recruited amateur spotters to keep tabs on the Russians, as our country found [...] [...] Satellite spotting used to be a matter of national security. As recounted in Patrick McCray’s Keep Watching the Skies! Operation Moonwatch  recruited amateur spotters to keep tabs on the Russians, as our country found [...]

]]> http://astroguyz.com/2008/05/27/keep-watching-the-skies-by-w-patrick-mccray/comment-page-1/#comment-22466 AstroGuyz.com » Apollo 11 40 Years Later: Did We Really go to the Moon? Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:02:35 +0000 http://astroguyz.com/2008/05/27/keep-watching-the-skies-by-w-patrick-mccray/#comment-22466 [...] went into low Earth orbit and stayed there. Trust me, independent satellite spotters (remember Project Moonwatch?), not to mention our then arch enemies, the Soviets, would have picked up on this trick and [...] [...] went into low Earth orbit and stayed there. Trust me, independent satellite spotters (remember Project Moonwatch?), not to mention our then arch enemies, the Soviets, would have picked up on this trick and [...]

]]> http://astroguyz.com/2008/05/27/keep-watching-the-skies-by-w-patrick-mccray/comment-page-1/#comment-2356 AstroGuyz.com » Red Moon by David S. Michaels & Daniel Brenton Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:02:28 +0000 http://astroguyz.com/2008/05/27/keep-watching-the-skies-by-w-patrick-mccray/#comment-2356 [...] only when or if they were successes. Hence the United States enlisted volunteers via the Moonwatch program in an effort to keep tabs on them. It even led to the ridiculous, such as Project Blue [...] [...] only when or if they were successes. Hence the United States enlisted volunteers via the Moonwatch program in an effort to keep tabs on them. It even led to the ridiculous, such as Project Blue [...]

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