Subject: Small spysat study panel to be formed
From: thomsona@netcom.com (Allen Thomson)
Date: 1995/12/31
Message-Id: <thomsonaDKGpAr.Eq8@netcom.com>
Newsgroups: sci.space.policy,sci.space.tech,alt.war
It looks as if the NRO and its friends are coming out ahead
in the smallsat tussle:
When in Doubt, Appoint a Panel
Aviation Week and Space Technology
January 1, 1996, p.19
[EXCERPT]
House-Senate intelligence conferees have agreed to temporarily
set aside the contentious issue of whether to begin procurement
of a new generation of smaller reconnaissance satellites. Their
compromise calls for the appointment of a panel of experts. By
May 1, the panel is to determine whether "smallsats" can be
procured immediately, as proponents in the House contend, or
whether several more years of technology development is needed,
as the Senate and National Reconnaissance Office maintain.
If anyone finds out who the panel members are, please post
the information here (if it isn't classified, of course). The
panel's conclusions will, of course, be predetermined by the
experts chosen to "study" the matter.
For the s.s.t. readership: What could plausibly be claimed to be
a technical impediment to small photoreconnaissance satellites?
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