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Article #7887Re: satellites
From: John Pantone
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1988 18:14
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1988 18:14
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> > I'm not saying that people CAN be spotted by satellite, only that it's
> > not as easy to dismiss as one might think.
>
> O.K. - I've finally reached saturation. As a certifiable old-fart who was
> around during the Cuban missle crisis (1962) I can guarantee that an object
> as small as an automobile and/or truck was plainly visible by sattelite in
> '62. I'm quite confident that you could have made out the make of the car
> or truck - even in the crummy newspaper photos they were showing at the time.
I must also be a certifiable old idiot - apparently those photos were from a
U-2 not a satellite. Sorry to increase the background noise.
--
These opinions are solely mine and in no way reflect those of my employer.
John M. Pantone @ GE/Calma R&D, 9805 Scranton Rd., San Diego, CA 92121
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!sdcsvax!sdcc6!calmasd!jnp From: jnp@calmasd.GE.COM (John Pantone) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.crypt Subject: Re: satellites Summary: Mea Culpa Keywords: resolution Message-ID: <2621@calmasd.GE.COM> Date: 18 Jan 88 18:14:30 GMT References: <873@uop.edu> <2166@umd5.umd.edu> <4910@well.UUCP> <1952@netsys.UUCP> <2619@calmasd.GE.COM> Organization: G.E.- Calma R&D, San Diego, CA Lines: 16