Star Wars NASA (47 photos)

Black Crow peacefully hatch any brilliant conductor of the server board NASA's radar, when I passed the checkpoint of the abandoned military town 100 miles south of San Francisco. From under the feet, darting everywhere hares and partridges.






Although the airfield today nothing to do with NASA or the armed forces of the United States has nothing to do, and belongs to the Stanislaus California district, this place is still in the special list of the Pentagon, so all hung warning signs.


Before I could make five pictures as the territory of the base drove a police car. "Well, everything - my heart skipped a beat - my next report will be exactly of California slammer ..»


Much to my surprise, the police officer (after breaking my license plate number of the police base :-) politely inquired about the purpose of my stay in the restricted area and wished me a good day, went home peacefully. Understandably, the State Department today is not to crumbling bases in the wilds of California ...


I quietly continued to enjoy the journey in time.


Control tower (as well as the entire database), carbon black is the military board more than half a century ago, was almost completely destroyed by local hooligans.




Crows Landing Airport was built in 1942 and up to 90 used by NASA and the US military as a test and research station.


During the 2nd World War the airport served as a training base for American pilots, as well as a warehouse for military equipment and ammunition.


Today of past projects, the National Directorate of aeronautics and Space resemble only those armored mobile radars.


Radar equipment, despite the complete lack of protection, is still in a state of polurazobrannom.




Looking inside one of them, I made a couple of shots of classified documents and even found almost intact electronic stuffing of the server itself, which may suggest a rocket at Moscow!




It was here, at the time, NASA specialists tested military equipment, including top-secret Lockheed QT-2PC.


Today, those in these hangars lodge units and kept the mountain grouse bird droppings.



Locals argue long enough to turn what is contaminated with asbestos place - in aviation airport or the ideal place for filming movies.



Since this is the place for over twenty years has been abandoned; neither the military nor the state has neither the resources nor the desire to convert this territory under a civil project, the Hollywood studio Mare Island is negotiating its purchase.



By the way, the president of the film company, Howard Kazanian, once produced "Return of the Jedi" from "Star Wars».



The local administration also believes that the project will bring additional investment and thousands of jobs in the region.

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By the way, George Lucas was born and raised in this area: they not hence, he drew the revolutionary ideas for his films?



Meanwhile, the area adjacent to the airfield still soiled with chemicals to stay here.



The fire department, purpose built airfield, survived a little better.





















Nobody wants military secrets NASA?





It miraculously survived the table chief fire brigade



and a propaganda poster of the Cold War.







Symbolically :-).



Overgrown grass pool of military pilots.



And a swing for their children with a unique view of the control tower.



By the way, Crows Landing translated as "crows landing", of which there are really a lot, and strive to shit on your head.



The barracks, which were built by German prisoners of war after a 45-year stand still.



The local restaurant.



I suspect that this is where American police conduct their anti-revolutionary doctrine ...



While the producer of "Star Wars" is trying to negotiate with NASA about buying this property, military base and taken away by local nesuny huge black crows ...