"Space War"

[David Honig]

At 02:17 PM 8/6/01 -0700, John Young wrote:
>Don't overlook what is reportedly happening on the back side of 
>the moon. The URL for an IF-mooncam was posted here a while
>ago. The stream is encrypted but with weak crypto -- the 
>crypto-processor is 1968-9 vintage. The cam is part of a data
>package placed on the dark side in a classified operation. Signals
>bounced off a reflector stationed at the very edge of the moon's 
>profile.
>
>What else is being done there remains to be disclosed.
>
>Didn't somebody mention also mention here that there's a group 
>which intercepts the stream?
>
>I believe the Smithsonian has an archive of the small amount of 
>public material, and NARA has some of the classified stuff needing
>clearance for access.

>From the date and the discussion of moonbounce in Bamford's latest,
I'd guess that listening to deep-interior soviet radar would have
been a target.  (The US supposedly listened to them using earth-moon-earth
path; you gain a lot by listening from the moon and sending amplified
telemetry back.)