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From: desj@brahms (David desJardins)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Space Telescope
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Date: Tue, 14-Oct-86 18:00:33 EDT
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In article <180@ka9q.bellcore.com> karn@ka9q.bellcore.com (Phil Karn) writes:
>
>It has been remarked (I don't remember where) that the Space Telescope is
>basically an unclassified, civilian version of the KH-11 spysat.  Of course,
>the instrumentation is probably quite different, and I suspect that it would
>fry instantly if pointed at the earth.

   I can well imagine why the source of such an absurd statement would try
to remain anonymous.  About the only technology that I can imagine that would
be applicable to both is the pointing instrumentation.  In every other respect
the objectives and technologies are completely different.

   -- David desJardins