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boppers

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17. They have stealth drones now.
Reply to JohnnyRingo (Reply #2)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 12:26 AM
Jun 2012

Less atmospheric interference mucking with the optics, throwaway costs (relatively), no problem with "clouds" getting in the way.

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NASA gets two military spy telescopes for astronomy [View all] bananas Jun 2012 OP
NYT: "The phone call came like a bolt out of the blue, so to speak, in January of 2011." bananas Jun 2012 #1
If the government doesn't need them anymore..... JohnnyRingo Jun 2012 #2
They have stealth drones now. boppers Jun 2012 #17
Excellent! slackmaster Jun 2012 #3
I recall the Hubble was essentially a KH-11. These are at least a generation newer. leveymg Jun 2012 #4
"There is a media telecon at 2:00 pm today. I will live blog it at @NASAWatch." (on twitter) bananas Jun 2012 #6
Thnx leveymg Jun 2012 #7
Because you have to know where to point your tools. boppers Jun 2012 #18
If they can do topographic radar maps of underground acquifiers in Egypt and even of Mars leveymg Jun 2012 #23
I think I mooned both of those. Hubert Flottz Jun 2012 #5
So you're the one... jonthebru Jun 2012 #10
I'll bet those anal-ists said, "Wow that looks just like pResident Bush looking up from down there!" Hubert Flottz Jun 2012 #11
Great news! Really great news. Quick ? tho: Are these an example of "black budget" items? Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #8
USA Today has a photo of the telescopes bananas Jun 2012 #9
NRO was the proto-typical black-budget agency - it was the agency... reACTIONary Jun 2012 #13
Holy sh*t. Sorry, but I'm fixated on the part in snot Jun 2012 #12
I'm not really up on what the pubic photos did or did not show... reACTIONary Jun 2012 #15
Makes you wonder what other mind boggling technologies they are hiding. Kablooie Jun 2012 #14
The Navy is funding the Polywell research, Occulus Jun 2012 #19
Unless they keep it hidden and dont tell anyone about it. Kablooie Jun 2012 #20
I'm surprised.... unkachuck Jun 2012 #16
SpaceX might not have been a bad recipient though. Kablooie Jun 2012 #21
Yep, there are dozens of "Hubble's" up there, but they're "pointing down." joshcryer Jun 2012 #22
Keep an eye on the Andromeda Galaxy. Those sneaky bastards are coming over here and nothing grantcart Jun 2012 #24
And who gets them into space? I thought NASA had a bit of money taken away jakeXT Jun 2012 #25
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