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| 2016-09-03 |
| 1970s spy satellite 'better than Google Earth' |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Congress should zero out ITAR's travel and entertainment budget. That should get somebody's attention. After that, start cutting their budget towards zero. That's supposed to be what Congress is for. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2016-09-03 22:17 |
| #1 Note the US sat companies want to sell better images but ITAR prohibits it. Digital Globe (DGI) asked and filled out all the forms to sell get permission to sell higher resolution images over 2 years ago and hasn't heard a boo from the ITAR folks. The NRO and House and Senate are mad. A House Senate conference committee ordered the ITAR bureaucrats to give DGI a yes or no or maybe answer by July 20th. The House the Senate the NRO and DGI didn't hear a peep. The ITAR rules are even keeping the NRO from sharing their images with the BRITS or AUSSIES! Seriously! They are really upset. Also, they can't encourage private companies like DGI to loft sats that can provide images they can use and buy if they can't sell the images to even allies. The NRO is now so made they have arranged an emergency House Senate Intelligence Committee meeting on Sept 9th to discuss the whole image resolution and ITAR rules. (Some discussion has even circled about no longer considering space based images as ammunition. This would take the issue out of the ITAR bureaucrats hands.) Private companies like Insight really could use hi-res for their very useful analysis too! Orbital Insight |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-09-03 19:24 |