Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!eder From: eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder) Newsgroups: net.columbia Subject: Re: classifiedness of Vandenberg Message-ID: <137@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 11:07:58 EDT Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.137 Posted: Fri Oct 5 11:07:58 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Oct-84 05:32:05 EDT References: <1605@zehntel.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 22 > > For those of you who don't belong to NSI (National Space Institute) > the current (September) issue of "Space World" contains a four page > article on the Vandenberg Facility, its current state of development, > tentative completion date, first operation date (i.e. first launch), etc. > > The article essentially confirms and expands on what has already been > posted on the net, plus it has a lot of pictures (surprising, considering > the classified nature of most of the operations there). > > -- Jack Hagerty, Zehntel Inc. While payloads launched from Vandenberg may be classified, the facilities themselves are not. We are just completing a study on a Shuttle-derived cargo launch vehicle for the Air Force Space Division. We looked at the modifications required at Vandenberg to accomodate the different vehicle, which means we have a set of detailed plans for the various facilities (it takes up 3 feet of shelving). No classified stamps anywhere. It is possible that there are some portions of the base which are classified, but they would be fairly small. Dani Eder / Boeing Aerospace Company / uw-beaver!ssc-vax!eder / (206)773-4545