From: "Jerald F. Wright" 
To: Ross Sackett 
CC: atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: "Jerald F. Wright" 




Ross Sackett wrote:

> --- Richard Schwartz  wrote:
> > As
> > telescope makers, it is only a
> > matter of time until the government comes down on us
> > as they have recently
> > done to the amateur rocket people.
>
> Richard:
>
> Yeah, well the government and pull my 18" mirror from
> my night-chilled, somewhat chapped hands.
>
> Actually, this ought to be a serious concern.  Some
> members of the fraternity are getting pretty skilled
> at imaging orbiting targets.  I wouldn't doubt that
> the NSA is getting antsy with us peeking up their
> skirts.  Where's it all likely to begin?  My guess is
> that it will start with a clampdown on adaptive optics
> and darwinian image processing algorithms.
>
> Ross

    Not really a big concern for a number of obvious reasons if you give
it some thought.

     However if you were to succeed I would advise you be nowhere near
your telescope when you do it. They will know exactly where the source of
the trouble is.

Jerry

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