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Space Spotters Track Secret Satellites
Ponca City, We Love You writes "When government officials announced last month that a top-secret spy satellite would come falling out of the sky they said little about the satellite itself. They didn't need to. Spotters equipped with little more than a pair of binoculars, a stop watch and star charts, had already uncovered some of the deepest of the government's expensive secrets and shared them on the Internet. Thousands of people form the spotter community. Many look for historical relics of the early space age, working from publicly available orbital information. Still others are drawn to the secretive world of spy satellites, with about a dozen hobbyists doing most of the observing. When a new spy satellite is launched the hobbyists will collaborate on sightings around the world to determine its orbit, and even guess at its function. They often share their information on their web site, satobs.org."
to these people that they need to get out more, but it appears they already do.
Yep, the information would be highly useful to terrorists - they could probably shoot down the satellites with their AKs!
which is totally what she said
1995 called. They want that website back.
Two more: Appalachian mongoose.
Because, hey, if three guys with a $500 telescope, some lawn chairs, a six-pack of beer and nothing else to do on a Friday night don't do it, maybe hostile foreign governments won't either! Riiiiight.
Well, maybe they're hoping all the hostile foreign government agents have plans for Friday night.
The enemies of Democracy are
Yes, hi-rez pictures of camels humping from geosynchronous orbit. Try Engaging brain before keyboard.
a six-pack split three ways? cmon man
Yes it is very easy. all you need to look for the three sided black symbol printed on a yellow square or circle.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bp1.blogger.com/_BYX14125JUQ/RpVqASyl-cI/AAAAAAAADU8/R2ettoJs-Z8/s400/Nuclear_Warning_Symbol.gif&imgrefurl=http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/2007_07_08_archive.html&h=225&w=225&sz=8&tbnid=Ov10iqjDEvf1QM:&tbnh=108&tbnw=108&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnuclear%2Bsymbol%26um%3D1&start=3&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=3
take the above for example. They print them HUGE on the satellite to make sure the aliens and astronauts don't go messing with the satellites for fun.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Say that three times real fast and you're admitted to the Satellite Stalkers club.
Have gnu, will travel.
Why don't they all just paint their satellites black?
A work that expires before its copyright never enters the public domain and thus enjoys eternal copyright protection.
Also, large machines orbiting his house:
http://www.rense.com/general79/wdx2.htm
The Black Ops boys must have money to burn if they can send a gdam CHINOOK to photograph him
Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious
Plus, it doesn't make much sense to track a satellite that's directly overhead.
"Where is it now, Yasir?"
"I give you three guesses, Rashid!"
It's good entertainment tho
It's The Golden Rule: "He who has the gold makes the rules."