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From: tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.crypt
Subject: Re: spy satellites
Keywords: Veil, Indigo
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Date: 30 Jan 88 04:55:32 GMT
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Here is an extract from "Veil", by Bob Woodward:

page 30: "Another project [in 1980] was Indigo, a new highly secret
satellite system in development that could be the key to verifying
future arms control agreements with the Soviets. Using radar-imaging,
Indigo would see through clouds and work at night, when photographic
satellites were blind. This would be particularly important over
Eastern Europe, where the so-called 'demon cloud cover' could sit
for days or weeks."

Question: Is it possible to pick up human voices from space,
	  using satellites? I don't have the technical background
	  to judge such questions.

Thanks,

       -Tom
	tedrick@ernie.berkeley.edu