Solar Observatory Shut Down

[Garufa]

54 minutes ago, Erik88 said:

I have no idea what's being discussed in this thread.

Decontamination from Andromeda Strain.

[res308]

20 hours ago, GlockSpock said:

http://www.aura-astronomy.org/news/mobileNews.asp?newsID=389

I should've considered that angle too, but didn't. I was thinking inside the box instead of outside. 

[Grayfox54]

Considering that they're talking about "security issues", my guess is that some bored kid on the staff got to poking around in their computers (without realizing that it is NASA and tied to who knows how many other .gov agencies) and clicked on the wrong thing setting off all kinds of alarms.  Or for that matter, if you wanted to try to sneak into the government system from what you thought was a inconspicuous place, this could be it. 

Makes as much sense as any other theory.  

Edited September 19, 2018 by Grayfox54

[peejman]

My guess is an employee was selling drugs. 

[A.J. Holst]

Overrun by bronco Apache warriors of the SW US / Northern Mexican Sierra's, though we all thought and were taught they were all killed or assimilated after 1886...

[gregintenn]

https://www.ktsm.com/news/local/el-paso-news/child-pornography-reason-behind-sunspot-observatory-closure-according-to-court-documents/1460386237

[DaveTN]

8 hours ago, gregintenn said:

https://www.ktsm.com/news/local/el-paso-news/child-pornography-reason-behind-sunspot-observatory-closure-according-to-court-documents/1460386237

It doesn’t make sense (to me) that they used a Blackhawk helicopter, closed the observatory for 10 days, closed a Post Office and evacuated the area to execute a search warrant for a computer with child porn on it. But I could be wrong.

[Fourtyfive]

They were obviously looking for more than Uranus.....