As I mentioned in a similar thread, the show is up on the Nova site:
www.pbs.org...
It's in several parts. There's also a
transcript!
Chapter 1
SPY ASTRONAUTS
A secret U.S. Air Force program launched in 1964, called MOL for Manned Orbiting Laboratory, is one of the great untold stories of the Cold War.
Chapter 2
MANNED ORBITERS
Parallel covert programs are developed in the United States and the Soviet Union, with astronauts trained to spy from space.
Chapter 3
A SPACE BATTLEFIELD?
While both the astronauts and cosmonauts were training for reconnaissance, military planners saw orbiting spy stations as just a first step in the
militarization of space.
Chapter 4
A PROGRAM IN TROUBLE
Tragedy strikes the MOL program, and even as the secret race between the U.S. and Russia continues, advances in unmanned satellite reconnaissance
threatens the program's very existence.
Chapter 5
SPYING ON THE U.S.
Although the U.S. abandons its MOL program, the Russians succeed in flying secret manned spy missions over U.S. territory and that of its allies from
1974 to 1977.
I found the program interesting, but not that exciting.
Also, couldn't figure out from the recounting if the program actually flew or never got off the ground, being canceled at the last minute.
[edit on 13-2-2008 by Badge01]
