<story><title>Amateur astronomers tracking the world’s spy satellites</title><url>https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/meet-the-amateur-astronomers-hunting-for-spy-satellites</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kulahan</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m super late to the party here, but I thought this was an interesting story.&lt;p&gt;I used to work on a space program, and one of the guys on my team had been in the industry for quite some time. He told me he &lt;i&gt;hates&lt;/i&gt; these amateurs. Not because they&amp;#x27;re enjoying a hobby, but because they&amp;#x27;re so damn good. Without getting into specifics, his company had launched a spy satellite at one point that was fairly revolutionary in that it was able to perform its task without a formerly necessary (large and expensive) component.&lt;p&gt;These amateurs noticed it and started talking about it online so fast that his company genuinely thought someone had broken their security clearance and told the public about the new development. They investigated a bunch of people at the company before finally being like &amp;quot;holy shit, these guys are just &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; good&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amateur astronomers tracking the world’s spy satellites</title><url>https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/meet-the-amateur-astronomers-hunting-for-spy-satellites</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>aaronbrethorst</author><text>Check out Trevor Paglen for more: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hn.algolia.com&amp;#x2F;?query=paglen&amp;amp;sort=byPopularity&amp;amp;prefix&amp;amp;page=0&amp;amp;dateRange=all&amp;amp;type=story&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hn.algolia.com&amp;#x2F;?query=paglen&amp;amp;sort=byPopularity&amp;amp;prefi...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>