INTRODUCING – Expanse S3: Spies in the Outback
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When America promised to build a space base in outback Australia in the middle of the 1960s space race, few suspected it would put Australia in the nuclear cross-hairs in decades to come.
That space base, just 18ks from Alice Springs, would come to be known as Pine Gap - possibly the most secretive place in Australia.
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As the Cold War enters the 70s, it becomes clear that Pine Gap is really a spy base with eyes on the Soviets – and it’s putting Alice Springs in the nuclear crosshairs.
Published 04/23/24
In the grip of a crippling drought in the 1960s, Alice Springs sees an economic lifeline when America promises to build a 'space base' on the edge of town. But once Pine Gap’s bizarre, oversized golf ball-like structures are finally built, mysterious things start happening - the ‘space base’...
Published 04/16/24
Published 04/16/24
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