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Re:Finding the B-21's hangar location from the stars in its ... by microsoftdoes on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:27PM (#33916632)
Interesting. So do you think the author had inside information on the location?
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Re:Finding the B-21's hangar location from the stars in its ... by gateorade on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:36PM (#33916698)
The fact that the b21 is being built at plant 42 in Palmdale has been public info for literal years.
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Re:Finding the B-21's hangar location from the stars in its ... by texasbigdata on Friday December 09, 2022 @02:51AM (#33918787)
And they had the press release there lmao
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Re:Finding the B-21's hangar location from the stars in its ... by mhh__ on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:28PM (#33916649)
It was publicly accessible, or so I've read at least
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Re:Finding the B-21's hangar location from the stars in its ... by gmiller123456 on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:35PM (#33916693)
I'm not going to speculate on what someone did or didn't know, let's give him the benefit of the doubt and just say he was really lucky. My main point was just don't expect similar results if you try it yourself.
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Re:Finding the B-21's hangar location from the stars in its ... by samstave on Thursday December 08, 2022 @10:33PM (#33917103)
Yeah, but when did he know it?

(god i hope you get this joke)

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Re:Finding the B-21's hangar location from the stars in its ... by timoteostewart on Friday December 09, 2022 @12:13AM (#33917741)
What’s more, there’s an 18-minute gap on the tape!
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Re:Finding the B-21's hangar location from the stars in its ... by relaxing on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:48PM (#33916798)
The author notes in the writeup that an educated guess could be made with public details about who the manufacturer was.
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Re:Finding the B-21's hangar location from the stars in its ... by tapland on Friday December 09, 2022 @04:42AM (#33919473)
Edward’s is a classic and would be a top hit to re-visit on maps with any kind of buildings visible for a quick confirmation.
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