Negatory.  Someone doesn't know how that small shack outside Lagrange
works, i take it?

Lagrange Point 1, or, L-1, is the point of stability directly BETWEEN
two bodies.  so between teh earth and moon.  not gonna see the farside
from there.

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 1:13 PM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In reply to  Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:09:33 -0900:
> Hi,
> [snip]
>>OK, how about a scientific conspiracy theory then?  Here's a very
>>scientific one from Bob Park:
>>
>>On Nov 21, 2008, at 3:30 PM, What's New wrote:
>>> WHAT'S NEW   Robert L. Park   Friday, 21 Nov 08   Washington, DC
>>>
>>> 1. DSCOVR: WHAT IS IT THEY DON'T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE?
>>> At a meeting of 44 top climate scientists in Frankfurt, Germany in
>>> March,
>>> it was agreed that observations from the L-1 point, a stable point
>>> between
>>> the Sun and Earth, are essential for assessing changes in cloud
>>> cover and
>>> climate.  The latest plan for the Deep Space Climate Observatory is to
>>> park it at the L-1 point, from which it could forever stare at the
>>> Sun,
>>> but modify it to prevent it from looking back at Earth.  It sounds
>>> like
>>> the biblical story of Lot. The plan, said to be urged by the Air
>>> Force, is
>>> the latest chapter in the bizarre history of DSCOVR, which was to have
>>> been launched in 2001.  Instead it was kept in solitary confinement in
>>> Greenbelt, MD.  From the L-1 point it could have continuously
>>> monitored
>>> reflected and emitted radiation from the whole Earth.  What don't they
>>> want us to see?
>
> How about the back of the Moon, which I suspect would also be visible from
> there?
>
> [snip]
> Regards,
>
> Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>

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