For sale ... one nuclear-proof tracking station to build your evil empire

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
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Ever dreamt of having your own secret tracking station to run your evil empire?

Well... the perfect place has just landed on the market - it's the Jamesburg Earth Station, which was built by NASA in 1968 in central California.

Secret lair: The Jamesburg Earth Station in Cachagua Valley, California, can be yours for $3million

Secret lair: The Jamesburg Earth Station in Cachagua Valley, California, can be yours for $3million

Nuke-proof: The fully steerable dish is about 11 storeys high and 98 feet wide, and the main building was constructed to withstand a 5 Megaton nuclear blast

Nuke-proof: The fully steerable dish is about 11 storeys high and 98 feet wide, and the main building was constructed to withstand a 5 Megaton nuclear blast

Dr wannabe Dr Evils and Blofelds will be pleased to learn that the 11-storey main building was constructed to withstand a 5 Megaton nuclear blast.

The Jamesburg Earth Station was built by NASA in 1968 for receiving transmissions from the Apollo moon landings, then it was used by AT&T for satellite telecommunications.

It even played a key role relaying pictures of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Now it can be yours for $2.9million.

Moon transmissions: The Jamesburg Earth Station was built by NASA in 1968 for receiving transmissions from the Apollo moon landings, then it was used by AT&T for satellite telecommunications

Moon transmissions: The Jamesburg Earth Station was built by NASA in 1968 for receiving transmissions from the Apollo moon landings, then it was used by AT&T for satellite telecommunications

And there's more: Your purchase includes more than just the dish, as you also get the 20,000 square foot operations building with an indoor basketball court, a helicopter landing pad, a three bedroom house, a barn, and 160 acres of land

And there's more: Your purchase includes more than just the dish, as you also get the 20,000 square foot operations building with an indoor basketball court, a helicopter landing pad, a three bedroom house, a barn, and 160 acres of land

The fully steerable dish is about 11 storeys high and 98 feet across, which should enable you to suck in just about any TV station on Earth.

Your purchase includes more than just the dish, as you also get the 20,000 square foot operations building with an indoor basketball court, a helicopter landing pad, a three bedroom house, a barn, and 160 acres of land.

The whole thing sits in central California about 20 miles southeast of Monterey, and wannabe Dr Evils and Blofelds will be pleased to learn that the main building was constructed to withstand a 5 Megaton nuclear blast.

A group of space geeks owned it for a while to do a few experiments, but now it's ready to form the centre of your evil empire.

And one more great thing .. the new owner can have his or her own  worldwide television station, because you can broadcast directly to Asia, South America, the South Pacific, and the entire United States.

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