At 01:18 PM 10-08-99 -0700, Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Although satellites have largely done away with manned spy aircraft,
>the U-2 is enjoying a new life (and a new name, the TR-1) as an
>environmental sampling station. NASA has a bunch of them, painted
......according to Pres Eisenhower that's just what Gary Powers was doing
all along ........ sampling the atmosphere !!
jh
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