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Astronomy => In the Media... => Topic started by: mickw on Feb 12, 2008, 20:51:56

Title: Space Spies Revealed in New Documentary
Post by: mickw on Feb 12, 2008, 20:51:56
The secret history of spies in space is about be revealed.

The new documentary "Astrospies" will delve into the U.S. Air Force's Cold War-era space reconnaissance program and its Soviet Union counterpart during a Tuesday edition of the series NOVA on the Public Broadcasting System.

"We used to have a joke in the program," said former astronaut Richard Truly in a statement. "That, one day, there was going to be a little article back on page 50 of a newspaper that said, 'an unidentified spacecraft launched from an unidentified launch pad with unidentified astronauts to do an unidentified mission."

More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080212/sc_space/spacespiesrevealedinnewdocumentary

Pity Sky doesn't show PBS  :cry: