[FPSPACE] Oberg's USA-193 stories today for NBC

[Jens Kieffer-Olsen]

 -----Original Message-----
 From: James Oberg [mailto:jeoberg at comcast.net] 
 Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 5:28 AM

> By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC
> 
> updated 5:56 p.m. CT, Thurs., Feb. 14, 2008
> 
>    HOUSTON - Less than a month ago, White House officials 
> said a falling spy satellite would likely pose little threat 
> to humans - but on Thursday, the Pentagon said President Bush 
> himself approved an unorthodox plan to destroy the satellite 
> with a missile strike.
> 
>    What could warrant such a change of heart? 

 [snip]

 A realization that it would somehow emphasize his commitment 
 to the 2004 Space Vision, followed later on by launch of the
 CEV, return to the Moon, treks to Mars, etc.?

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Jens Kieffer-Olsen
Slagelse, Denmark