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------- Forwarded message follows ------- Satellite Photos Of Shuttle Sought From Spy Agency 14/03/2003 08:01 PM Reuters A senior NASA official in Washington asked a US spy agency for satellite images of the space shuttle Columbia's damaged skin during the final days of its flight, The Washington Post has reported. The newspaper, quoting sources, said William Readdy, NASA's top official for space flight, made the informal request to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) days after a shuttle official at Johnson Space Center in Houston decided not to request such an image through normal channels with the Defense Department agency. The previously undisclosed request is the first indication that anyone at NASA's Washington headquarters had any uncertainty about the shuttle's safety during its flight, the newspaper reported. Quoting sources, the newspaper reported that NIMA did not act on Readdy's request because it was not considered "formal" and its officials were preoccupied with preparations for a possible war in Iraq. The newspaper reported that Readdy had spurned two previous offers by NIMA during Columbia's flight to produce an image that would clarify whether the shuttle had damage that might put its crew at risk during its landing. NASA previously said no one at its headquarters had any safety concerns during the flight, the newspaper reported. An agency official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed on Thursday that Readdy had discussed the issue with the spy satellite agency, not once but three times, the newspaper said. The Columbia Accident Investigation Board is charged with finding out why NASA's oldest shuttle disintegrated over Texas on Feb. 1. All seven astronauts aboard were killed, just 16 minutes before they were to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. One theory is that debris from the shuttle's external fuel tank knocked off some of the spacecraft's heat-shielding tiles about 80 seconds after launch, allowing superheated gas to get in during re-entry. Reuters ------- End of forwarded message ------- "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." -GW Bush during a photo-op with Congressional leaders on 12/18/2000. As broadcast on CNN and available in transcript on their website http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/18/nd.01.html Steve Wingate, Webmaster ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
