On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:21:24 -0700, ed kyle wrote:


Craig Fink wrote:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12319764/
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NASA keeps mum on space robot's failure DART report considered too
sensitive for public release

Mr. Oberg reported that "

In DART's case, the ITAR concerns may be connected with the use of a
navigation device produced by the British-based Surrey Space Centre,
which sold a imilar version of the device to the Chinese for use in a
recent space probe.... sources have told MSNBC.com that the case may
have sparked a criminal investigation."



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...052700702.html

Orbital Sciences built DART. Remember when the Feds raided Orbital
Sciences offices in Arizona a year or so ago?

British produced device and an ITAR violation? Did the British use USA
components in their device? Do you have a link to the story?

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...lines-business

Boeing recently got fined for a selling planes to China with a ten+ year
old, $2000, solid state gyro chip in the navigation system. Maybe it's all
related. It's in Aerobus' planes too.

http://www.systron.com/pro_QRS11.asp

The thing I find interesting is the modified dates on NASA web site wrt
DART. Possibly a violation occurred on NASA own web site, causing them to
pull then put back a bunch of stuff. Like NASA thinks it can somehow undo
the public release of information on the internet? I hope Mr. Oberg keeps
snooping.

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