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I'm Dr. Vince Houghton, the Museum's historian and curator.

Every month we bring you interesting talks with authors, scholars, and practitioners who live in the world of Global Espinov.

Join us as we take a closer look at the secret world of intelligence.

We're joined today by Phil Pressle, who was a project engineer in charge of creating the camera

system for the K-H9 hexagon Reconnaissance Satellite. The K-9 itself was just

declassified by the NRO and the CIA in the fall of 2011.

And this has allowed Phil to publish this book, Meeting the Challenge, the K-H-9 hexagon Reconnaissance Satellite.

Phil will join us today to talk about his life, talk about his book, and talk about working to build this extraordinarily complex satellite.

Thank you for joining us today.

Thank you guys to be here.

Now I'd like to start talking a little bit about your background, your personal biography.

You grew up in Europe.

You're a Holocaust survivor. Can you tell us a little bit

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