Talk:USNS Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193)
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Has anybody got more information on the LA times story (authors, how they found out etc.) ?? Also, a better picture may be nice (although I also like this one). Come on, this is such an interesting story ! --Iediteverything 11:31, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Since there is no other "Glomar Explorer", there is no need for extra disambiguation and the naming conventions require that pages should be titled with their most common form and not disambiguated further than necessary. --Lexor|Talk 12:01, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)
- The ship naming conventions require that ships' articles remain at their full name, with redirects from short forms and nicknames. ➥the Epopt 16:19, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Satellite foto
Can anyone find the ship on a google map ?
- According to the location on the TerraImage server, this should be its location. However it is not in the exact same position and now there are a number of ships that seem to be 'Mothballed' there in the bay. No idea on how to tell which is which or even if one of them in the Glomar Explorer. But the TerraImage server's images are from June of 1993, and Google is sometime in 2004 or 2005 likely. So I guess you can't expect the ship to be in exactly the same spot. -- Malo 07:04, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] LA Times
I will be adding info on how the story leaked when I get round to it.
Also, what is the source for the Chikyu / Polus speculation? Google doesn't seem to know anything about it...
EDIT:-- Polus changed to Polyus
[edit] Adding to existing artilce
I am new. I was trying to add to the Glomar Explorer in Fiction. I wanted to add that:
The Glomar Explorer also makes an appearance in the novel Shock Wave by Clive Cussler. It was used to dangle a modified satallite dish under the surface of the ocean to deflect a massive acoustic shockwave.
I did manage to add it but it went down at the bottom after the external links section. Did I do something wrong or is that just how it works out?
Just curious. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rforee (talk • contribs) 15:25, 31 January 2006.
I think you just clicked on the wrong [edit] by mistake, someone has already fixed this for you! Just to be clear, you have to click the [edit] link above the section you wish to edit, rather than below. Happy editing and welcome to wikipedia! --Lox (t,c) 20:02, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Yeap thats it I clicked on the wrong edit button thanksRforee 10:28, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Japanese drilling ship
In 2005 Japan has launched a 57,500 ton ship named Chikyu ("Earth" in Japanese) nominally tasked with drilling through the mantle of the Earth for quake research [2]. It is rumored that the true aim of the mission is to repeat the feat of the Glomar Explorer. The suggested actual objective would be to recover the remains of the Soviet Polyus battle space station prototype, which was launched unsuccessfully in 1987 and fell into 6000 meter deep waters in the southern Pacific Ocean. The advanced military technology and top secret cryptographic communications equipment seized from the remains would, according to the rumor, provide Japan with bargaining chips to demand the return of the Kurils from Russia.
Last I checked, this is an encyclopedia, and that section in the article sounds like conspiracy theorizing at its best. I deleted the section, since I couldn't find any references of this to a reliable, unbiased source. Would the person who added this care to comment? Alexthe5th 03:02, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Glomar response
There should probably be something about the Glomar response in this article. --Descendall 01:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] After Project Jennifer
The following comment was added to this section by anon user 205.157.189.194:
- [Note that Hunters Point Naval Shipyard was closed in 1994, so the above info might be incorrect; 12 Sept 2006]
This information should be verified and properly added to the article text, if applicable.--Lord Kinbote 19:57, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
