JPL survives LA fires
Though nothing is certain yet as the fires still rage, it appears that the facilities of JPL, including its Deep Space Network mission control that manages communications with all of America’s interplanetary probes have survived the Los Angeles fires that have destroy large swaths of that city.
The fires required a full evacuation of the facility, leaving that mission control unoccupied for the first time in sixty years. It appears however that the organization used work-arounds to maintain contact and operations with those probes.
How long the facility will remain in this state remains unclear. Some of the fires remain uncontrolled, and until that happens, there can be no return to any sense of normalcy in LA.
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Though nothing is certain yet as the fires still rage, it appears that the facilities of JPL, including its Deep Space Network mission control that manages communications with all of America’s interplanetary probes have survived the Los Angeles fires that have destroy large swaths of that city.
The fires required a full evacuation of the facility, leaving that mission control unoccupied for the first time in sixty years. It appears however that the organization used work-arounds to maintain contact and operations with those probes.
How long the facility will remain in this state remains unclear. Some of the fires remain uncontrolled, and until that happens, there can be no return to any sense of normalcy in LA.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
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DEMOCRATS: WHY THE SYSTEMIC INCOMPETENCE?
“You can see it all playing out in California today in real-time as a substantial portion of a massive American city burns to the ground leaving tens of thousands homeless and tens of billions in losses because the political powers that be have traded the job that they were hired to do for their political social engineering agenda religion. ”
“Incompetence is the Democrat party member insider’s competence!”
https://www.sigma3ioc.com/post/democrats-why-the-systemic-incompetence
So, this is their emergency-plan, just leave the facility and come back later?
You might assume that someone would be tasked with the safety and protection of such a facility in locations that had a high potential for fire:
For example: Bushfire Safety Systems by BushCool: https://youtu.be/Uhc284uzTVQ?si=G2R8w3FCH9EqaXmN
This is NOT a high technology challenge nor is it an expensive solution. I think “no brainer” would apply.
You might also assume that the same would be standard procedure in the L.A. / California areas that are yearly (EVERY YEAR) prone to such conditions.
But you know what happens when you assume?
DEMOCRATS make an ass out of us all because the social engineering agenda is paramount!
Normalcy? LA? Surely you jest! :)
The actual communications network is out at Goldstone. Having visited there recently, I know that there are “mission control” room facilities, but I don’t know if they are (or could be) configured to temporarily take over critical functions usually performed at JPL. Evacuating to the Mojave would be a good option if Caltech/JPL became uninhabitable for whatever reason. I expect someone here is better informed about whether this is possible.
Wayne, my thought exactly. I suspect the Chinese intelligence operation wouldn’t be intimidated by a wildfire.
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“THE DEVIL WIND”: NOT CLIMATE CHANGE
“I found this 62-year-old industrial film on the topic of the L.A. / Santa Anna “Katabatic” winds and what the Native Americans who have lived there for thousands of years call it, “The Devil Wind”.
Not a condition that is not known of or something not to be prepared for, and it is certainly NOT “Climate Change”.
https://www.sigma3ioc.com/post/the-devil-wind-not-climate-change
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wayne: I see 8 comments. I have nothing in moderation. Try refreshing your browser. My webguy Shane is increasingly finding this missing comment problem is related to cache issues with the browser.
Mr. Z.,
Did my usual morning cache-cleaning and all these comments did appear.
Shane is definitely on to something– my Edge browser (on Windows 10) has been acting up intermittently for the past few months, and especially after the monthly updates.
At my end, it has something to do with the browser and “stored-personal data.”
Gary–
Oh yeah, chi-coms would have ordered everyone to surround the facility, stand & fight the fire, or be sent to a labor camp. And they would have just shot the JPL director on the spot for allowing valuable state property to be destroyed.
tangentially related:
William Mulholland, when push came to shove, he accepted all blame & responsibility and resigned. (He’s either God or the Devil depending….)
The St. Francis Dam Disaster:
Visiting the Ruins of the 1928 Catastrophe
https://youtu.be/LxDS8a1zeSk
15:07
“Whether it is good or bad, don’t blame anyone else. Fasten it on me if there was any error of judgement, human judgement. I was the Human, and I won’t try to fasten it on others.”
William Mulholland
Chief Engineer; LA Bureau of Water & Power
Testifying at the Coroner’s Inquest on the St. Francis Dam Disaster