Re: The sky really is going to fall on June 30

Robert Knight (rknight@escape.com)
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 02:30:00 -0400

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What a revoltin' development this is!  The abruptly announced
curtailment of the OIG BBS
service raises several disturbing qbuestions, about which I would
appreciate any and all
insight:

1.     What does this mean for the availability of "classified" elsets?

2.    Will this impede rapid monitoring of (private or  institutuonal)
reconnaisance satellite
manoeuvres?

3.    How long has this action been planned?

4.    Is there any possible relationship to intelligence community
concerns over public
knowledge about satellite activities (i.e., India/Pakistan's satellite
avoidances last month)?

Thanks in advance.

Robert Knight
(74.00W, 40.72N)
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Alan Pickup wrote:

       The announced closure of OIG's BBS on June 30 also spells
     the end of my
       frequently updated select.tle, dklist.tle and iridiums.tle
     files since
       I, too, rely on scripted Telnet access.

       Whether my decay calculations and predictions can continue
     remains to be
       seen.



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What a revoltin' development this is!  The abruptly announced curtailment of the OIG BBS
service raises several disturbing qbuestions, about which I would appreciate any and all
insight:

1.     What does this mean for the availability of "classified" elsets?

2.    Will this impede rapid monitoring of (private or  institutuonal) reconnaisance satellite
manoeuvres?

3.    How long has this action been planned?

4.    Is there any possible relationship to intelligence community concerns over public
knowledge about satellite activities (i.e., India/Pakistan's satellite avoidances last month)?
 
Thanks in advance.

Robert Knight
(74.00W, 40.72N)
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     +-----+
     | | | |        "The operating system IS the virus!"
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     | | | |                    Robert Knight
     | | | |
     +-----+                  rknight@escape.com
  WINDOW$ 95/98        http://www.escape.com/~rknight/
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Alan Pickup wrote:

  The announced closure of OIG's BBS on June 30 also spells the end of my
  frequently updated select.tle, dklist.tle and iridiums.tle files since
  I, too, rely on scripted Telnet access.

  Whether my decay calculations and predictions can continue remains to be
  seen.

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