Since May '02 the situation is the following now: "The contractor building the satellites, Boeing, was still giving Washington reassuring progress reports. But the program was threatening to outstrip its $5 billion budget, and pivotal parts of the design seemed increasingly unworkable. Peter B. Teets, the new head of the nations spy satellite agency, appointed a panel of experts to examine the secret project, telling them, according to one member, Find out whats going on, find the terrible truth I suspect is out there.
The panel reported that the project, called Future Imagery Architecture, was far behind schedule and would most likely cost $2 billion to $3 billion more than planned, according to records from the satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office. " --clip-- More at In Death of Spy Satellite Program, Lofty Plans and Unrealistic Bids: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/washington/11satellite.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1194886955-PGCqqhZEDBwnJgI9hGiXcA&pagewanted=print - Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
