[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, other than Hubble (which certainly wouldn't work), where are all of our other telescopes????

[Fred Mertz]

How about our surveillance/spy satellites; you know, the ones that can read newspaper headlines. I'll admit to not having much knowledge about them, that's why I asked the question aloud, hoping someone with better knowledge could address whether some sort of surveillance telescope (satellite, U-2, etc.) could have examined the Columbia from afar.