CSvax:jrs (11/11/82)
As paranoid as the military is about security for their secret launches, the practice is usually quite humorous. To wit: The "secure" shuttle launch pad being readied at Vandenburg AFB was used once in a previous incarnation as a set for an episode of the old "Bionic Woman" TV series. While working at KSC, we became quiet adept at determining whether a secret launch was about to take place by how much attention the normal gate guards paid to incoming traffic during rush hour. - Jeff Schwab <purdue!jrs>