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Satellites Brace for Space Storm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frederick Burroughs)
Sun Nov 15 21:05:49 1998
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:51:26 -0500
From: Frederick Burroughs <riburr@shentel.net>
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@ns.minder.net>
Reply-To: Frederick Burroughs <riburr@shentel.net>
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AP story explains the real reason for the latest showdown with Iraq;
Satellite damage from a brush with the lion's tail, the Leonid meteor
storm. America's satellite fleet, born under a bad sign, will be
sprinkled with high velocity fairy dust in the wake of Comet
Tempel-Tuttle. Communications satellites and GPS face the highest risk.
The latest Persian Gulf skirmish is mentioned a couple times.
Apparently the loss of UN monitors and star-crossed destiny was too much
for US security interests. With the loss of satellite services a remote
possibility, reestablishment of UN monitoring was paramount.
Residents of Baghdad will look at the starry display as a chilling
reminder of who controls their destiny.
Satellites Brace for Space Storm
By Paul Recer
AP Science Writer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-11/15/221l-111598-idx.html
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AP story explains the real reason for the latest showdown with Iraq; Satellite
damage from a brush with the lion's tail, the Leonid meteor storm. America's
satellite fleet, born under a bad sign, will be sprinkled with high velocity
fairy dust in the wake of Comet Tempel-Tuttle. Communications satellites
and GPS face the highest risk. The latest Persian Gulf skirmish is mentioned
a couple times.
<P>Apparently the loss of UN monitors and star-crossed destiny was too
much for US security interests. With the loss of satellite services a remote
possibility, reestablishment of UN monitoring was paramount.
<P>Residents of Baghdad will look at the starry display as a chilling reminder
of who controls their destiny.
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<P>Satellites Brace for Space Storm<B><FONT SIZE=+2></FONT></B>
<BR>By Paul Recer
<BR>AP Science Writer
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