Pine Gap/Skylab Cover up for Project Rhyolite

Interesting history of Pine Gap re the Skylab re-entry.  NASA knew where Skylab would fall and didn't tell anyone.  This put airplanes flying over Australia at risk. The cover up was apparently to protect Pine Gap.

Towards the end of the video, Robert Grey's response to the Pine Gap question is interesting.  He simply refused to answer any questions about Pine Gap. 


 Pine Gap was built as part of Project Rhyolite.

Project Rhyolite

Summary of Project Rhyolite

Detail on the launching of the four satellites

Wikipedia article on Project Rhyolite

Newspaper article on Skylab from 1979