For those looking for the inside view of those super cool military bases using Google Maps Street View then your plans have been thwarted!  The Pentagon has announced the ban of Google Earth teams driving on their bases to make a detailed street-level video map.

All of the Defense Department bases and installations around the country received the message to not allow the Google teams on their facilities.

Michael Kucharek, spokesman for U.S. Northern Command, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the decision was made after crews were allowed access to at least one base. He said military officials were concerned that allowing the 360-degree, street-level video could provide sensitive information to potential adversaries and endanger base personnel.

Google Maps may zoom a little too close

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Remember back in November when the name Mr. Splashy Pants made its debut? Well the people over at Wired decided to help out the military in naming the operation for shooting the rogue satellite out of orbit. Its unofficial, but still funny… A few of the names on the site are of course Mr. Splashy Pants, Sputnixed [the current winner] and Operation WTF [Operation Willful Termination of Sattelite]. I voted Mr. Splashy Pants, I would have gone with Operation WTF, but they spelled satellite wrong…

Go vote, let’s make this as popular as Green Peace’s Mister Splashy Pants.