Xref: utzoo sci.space:9438 talk.politics.misc:21480 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: sci.space,talk.politics.misc Subject: Re: Pigs will be pigs... Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 89 04:37:25 GMT References: <602276265.amon@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU> <484@umiami.miami.edu> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu Followup-To: talk.politics.misc Organization: Clarkson University, Postdam NY Lines: 23 In-reply-to: gtww2z9z@umiami.miami.edu's message of 4 Feb 89 14:55:57 GMT In article <484@umiami.miami.edu> gtww2z9z@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) writes: In article <602276265.amon@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU>, Dale.Amon@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU writes: > Space Calendar, Jan 30 - Feb 5, 1989, pg 2 > MEDIA SPONSORED REMOTE SENSING, Washington, DC: Faces opposition > from DoD. A satellite which could provide im- mediate photos > of military activities to the media "poses a greater threat to > national security" than current foreign-owned tech- nology, > the AAAS was told recently. > You have got to be out to lunch! The DoD welcome any and all advancements in imaging technology. And how would hundreds of satellites spying on every living promote peace and goodwill. Just thinking about it gives me the willies. Just thinking about ONLY the governments of the US and USSR having this technology gives ME the willies. Reagan's "Trust but verify" remark applies double here. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) "I saved the whales!" - Rebecca L. Nelson, 3.5 years old, on receiving her Christmas present of a whale "adoption" certificate. Bless her liberal heart.