This is a puzzle; the given coords are for a spot where civilians are generally not welcome.
Jim of the team came out to watch the first west coast launch of a Delta IV Heavy Lift Vehicle, and decided to hide a couple of caches while he was at it. This one is related to the reason for being out here.
To get the coordinates of the cache, answer the following multiple-choice space and rocketry questions. Plug the answers into the following:
N 34º A.BCD'
W 120º E.FGH'
A: The very first successful American satellite launch was on 31 January, 1958. What was its name?
If Vanguard, then A=35
If Explorer 1, then A=34
If Sputnik, then A=33
B: What important discovery did this first American satellite make?
If it discovered the Van Allen radiation belt, then B=7
If it discovered the cosmic background radiation, then B=4
If it discovered a satellite of Jupiter, then B=2
C: What was the name of the first animal that was sent into Earth orbit? Hint: she was Russian.
If it was Petrushka, then C=2
If it was Laika, then C=9
If it was Dvornyazhka, then C=0
D: For how many years was Pluto considered a "major" planet, according to the IAU's definition?
If it was 84 years, then D=5
If it was 91 years, then D=3
If it was 76 years, then D=4
E: How many manned missions were made to Skylab?
If it was five, then E=32
If it was four, then E=31
If it was three, then E=30
F:What was the name of the first human-made object to successfully make a controlled, or "soft", landing on the moon?.
If it was Apollo 11, then F=5
If it was Luna 9, then F=4
If it was Ranger 4, then F=3
G:Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 were launched in 1972 and 1973, respectively, on missions to Jupiter and Saturn. What was unique about these two spacecraft?
If they each carried a gold-plated, copper disk that contained greetings in over 50 human languages and 118 photographs of various places on Earth, then G=5
If they each carried a small piece of moon rock, and a tiny vial of ocean water, then G=9
If they each carried a gold-anodized aluminum plaque that showed our solar system, its location in reference to various quasars, and drawings of human figures, then G=1
H: Vandenberg Air Force Base was originally established in 1941 as a U.S. Army facility. What was its name?
If it was Camp Cooke, then H=8
If it was Fort Sherrod, then H=6
If it was Freeman Proving Ground, then H=2
You are looking for a small Lok-N-Lok container hidden in a safe spot near the road. Please put it back so that it is unlikely to be seen by accident. There is a small amount of parking nearby, mostly on the "going away from Lompoc" side of the road.
Special thanks to Webfoot for beta-testing the questions and pointing out a major goof!
Good luck! Have fun 