WTF?!?

Ed Kyle wrote:
John wrote:

You made some sound points, but careful. A distance measuring tool on
my electronic map (Microsoft Streets and Trips) shows the distance from
Pad 39A to the beach to be only 0.46 miles (OK so lets say half a mile
(3/4 of a kilometer) and get would up into an accuracy arguement). Pad
39B appears to be just a few feet further inland from the beach's
closet point of approach.

Otherwise, I agree, our bad-guy swimmer would still have a diificult
time doing evil. It is not impossible . . . but probably very very
difficult.


Even if he gets within range, he's going to have
to pop above the surface at some point (unless he
has a magic underwater-launched missile). If he
does, pop up I mean, there is, I suspect, a very
good chance that he would be dead before he could
take aim. Based on some of the publically visible
security provisions that I glimpsed during a recent
tour at KSC, I think it would be naive to assume
that there won't be some kind of constant counter-
sniper security on the beach, near the beach, under
the beach, and under the waves, not to mention in
the Mosquito Lagoon, on the land, etc.. You can
bet they've thought of this one.

- Ed Kyle

I don't know about the beach, but I was at Haulover and in the Lagoon
yesterday afternoon and it is crawling with Coast Guard types with
m-16's and frowns! Right after sunset we were overflew by a Blackhawk
which I'm sure had the IR stuff, if not a lot more. I grew up right
around there and spent years out in those swamps duck hunting and
fishing, for someone to penetrate all the way to the pad would be no
small feat even if there were no security! Trust me on this, there is
security, in fact some very high tech stuff backed up with some burly
looking dudes with big guns....

Tom