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From: karn@faline.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: space news from July 20 AW&ST
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Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 20:23:27 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  4 20:23:27 1987
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Summary: US Govt asinine myopia
Xref: mnetor sci.space:2790 sci.space.shuttle:301

> Dept of Commerce's final rules on US commercial remote-sensing satellites
> give secretaries of State and Defense veto power over licensing applications
> and the power to suspend operations of licensees.  The government will also
> have the power to seize "any object, record, or report" from a private
> satellite operator, given "probable cause to believe" that it was being
> used in violation of the rules.

The US government's incredibly asinine, myopic and ultimately futile
stand on this issue is one of the many reasons I'm so glad there are Western
space programs and launch facilities that are completely independent of
the US.  Just who are they keeping secrets from? The Soviets?

Phil