Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-mpd!Mike.McManus From: Mike.McManus@FtCollins.NCR.com (Mike McManus) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: San Jose area questions related to NASA-Ames/Moffett NAS Message-ID: Date: 9 Aug 90 12:32:51 GMT References: <1990Aug3.185440.3115@cbnewsh.att.com> Sender: uucp@ncr-mpd.FtCollins Organization: NCR Microelectronic Products, Ft. Collins, CO Lines: 31 In-reply-to: mrb1@cbnewsh.att.com's message of 3 Aug 90 18:54:40 GMT In article <1990Aug3.185440.3115@cbnewsh.att.com> mrb1@cbnewsh.att.com (maurice.r.baker) writes: > > 2.) I remember some discussion of the "secret" (well, at least > classified) DOD control facility out in this area. Seems > like people called it the "Big Blue Cube"....was that > the boxy light blue building I could see from 101 > on the east side....surrounded by parabolic dish antennas? > If memory serves me correctly, there was some concern > about it after the October, '89 quake which was right > before a shuttle mission --- and also about easy accessibility > to terrorist attack [in a separate discussion]. A USAF buddy of mine works in the Blue Cube, says there's some pretty neat stuff that goes on in there (most of which he can't discuss :-). I beleive that they coordinate space tracking and communications for the military there (whereas the USAF has their own space command in Colorado Springs... Or is it the other way around?). According to him, they were fully functional within 12 hours of the quake. He said that one of the computer rooms continued to function normally, despite being under a foot of water from a water main break! That's some pretty hardy equipment. Don't think I can say the same would happen if our comupter room were flooded! -- Disclaimer: All spelling and/or grammar in this document are guaranteed to be correct; any exseptions is the is wurk uv intter-net deemuns,. Mike McManus Mike.McManus@FtCollins.NCR.COM, or NCR Microelectronics ncr-mpd!mikemc@ncr-sd.sandiego.ncr.com, or 2001 Danfield Ct. uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-mpd!garage!mikemc Ft. Collins, Colorado (303) 223-5100 Ext. 378