Tuesday, 23. June 2009
Topic: SCIENCE - on June 23, 2009 at 11:36:00 AM CEST
US Military Blocks Data On Incoming Meteors
Nature reports that the US military has abruptly ended an informal arrangement that allowed scientists access to data on incoming meteors from classified surveillance satellites, dealing a blow to the astronomers and planetary scientists who used the information to track space rocks. 'These systems are extremely useful,' says astronomer Peter Brown, at the University of Western Ontario.
