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| 2009-07-05 |
| read the comments Military Seeks Common Ground with Scientists on Fireball Data Flap A few weeks ago I wrote about scientists who were unhappy that a purported clamp down was afoot on their use of data snagged by U.S. military spacecraft -- hush hush satellites that from time to time catch natural cosmic fireballs blazing through Earth's atmosphere. Digging in on this story is not easy. Military higher-ups and the agencies involved are guarded about how potent their satellite sensors are as they stare at Earth for nuclear detonations, missile launches and the like. In a new exclusive interview with SPACE.com, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Robert Rego, who is in charge of the policy guidance behind the data release, said the Air Force Space Command is "circling the wagons" to close some loopholes in the dissemination of potentially sensitive information. U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher said he's monitoring the situation and expects a solution that favors the needs of scientists. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #1 Actually, I've seen some of the things that the military/CIA agencies would LIKE to share, but don't, because it would comprimise our collecting efforts or provide our enemies with collateral information that would be damaging to the effort. STILL can't talk about them, but they're VERY interesting. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-07-05 22:27 |