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50 years ago today Project West Ford installed a ring of copper needles around the Earth. : r/history
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TIL of Project West Ford, a semi-successful Cold War attempt to construct an artificial ionosphere comprised of space needles in Earth's orbit to assist in military communications. : r/todayilearned
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