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Pine Gap: a secret US space base in the Aussie outback 👩‍🚀🚀🛰️ | Spies in the Outback Ep1

In episode one: in the grip of a crippling drought, Alice Springs sees an economic lifeline in the 1960s when America comes knocking promising to build a space base on the edge of the desert town. But once Pine Gap’s bizarre, oversized golf ball like structures are finally built strange things start happening. The ‘space base’ isn’t quite what it seems. 📼 Next episode:    • Pine Gap, the Cold War; when spies pu...   Full series:    • Pine Gap: Spies in the Outback | Expa...   ___________________________________________ When America promised to build a space base in outback Australia in the middle of the 1960s, few suspected it would put Australia in the nuclear cross-hairs in decades to come. That space base, just 18 kilometres south of Alice Springs, would become known as Pine Gap - the most secretive intelligence facility in the country. In season three of ABC’s Expanse, host and Alice Springs journalist Alex Barwick goes back to the beginning to find out what on earth is happening in her backyard. 📺 Binge the whole series on ABC iView: https://ab.co/spiesintheoutback 🎧 Hear it on ABC Listen: https://ab.co/3V2VpzZ 📑 Read more: https://ab.co/3UaHCpi 🔔 Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5 ___________________________________________ Welcome to ABC News In-depth, where you'll find our long-form journalism and other videos to help you understand what's going on in the world around you. Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Get breaking news and livestreams from our ABC News channel:    / newsonabc   Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia