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From: klinner@sun.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Space Telescope
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Date: Wed, 15-Oct-86 22:35:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 15 22:35:55 1986
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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.
>
When I was working on the Science Operations Ground Station proposal
at TRW we too asked what would happen if the telescope was pointed
at the ground. You're right, most of the instruments would be
damaged. And since most of the instrumentation was designed by
researchers from various universities, the space telescope is definitely
NOT a version of any kind of spysat.

      Kent Klinner
      Sun Microsystems