Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site petrus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!bellcore!petrus!karn From: karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn) Newsgroups: net.rumor,net.physics,net.space Subject: Re: ASAT Message-ID: <595@petrus.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 12:47:45 EDT Article-I.D.: petrus.595 Posted: Wed Sep 25 12:47:45 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 07:49:02 EDT References: <1764@hao.UUCP> <652@ucsfcgl.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.rumor:1111 net.physics:3298 net.space:4577 > >Guess what? The "defunct military satellite" shot down > >by ASAT as a test was really a functioning scientific > >satellite called SOLWIND or something like that ( at least > >that`s how the rumor goes ). Tsk tsk. I'd like to suggest to the Pentagon that for their next ASAT test (I'm sure that they won't consider just one test to be sufficient) they use Ronald Reagan as their target. Clearly, HE has outlived HIS usefulness, and HE will likely "die of old age" pretty soon anyway. Further, his brain is already somewhere in outer space, so they'll save the launching costs (but they may have some trouble finding something that small and far away on radar). He's also so good at evading questions at press conferences that it should be an excellent test of the ASAT weapon's maneuvering capabilities. Phil Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com