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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Hubble Space Telescope goes Recon
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Date: 24 Apr 91 03:09:47 GMT
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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)


I missed the previous discussion, so I'll go first...

Around the time of the Hubble launch, there were a lot of comments
in the press about some of DoD's big spysats.  Apparently, there
are a lot of similarities.  In fact, one reason that NASA didn't
test the mirror properly was that DoD didn't want to let them
near their top-secret testing facility.  For that matter, NASA's
oversight of the project was hindered by security requirements.

So -- I don't know if the Hubble telescope itself can be used to
look down.  But its relatives sure can.

--Steve Bellovin