Re: Mars Orbiter Sees Rover Tracks Among Thousands of New Images

From: Jo Schaper (joschapern4ospam_at_2socketdot.no5net)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:43:42 -0500

Robert Casey wrote:

> Jack Harrison wrote:
>
>> Resolution of 50 cms per pixel for Mars! Excellent.
>>
>> The highest resolution routinely available from NOAA satellites
>> orbiting Earth is 250 metres per pixel (Modis). It would be nice to
>> see pictures of Earth to resolution of 50 cms per pixel. Landsat? But
>> I can't find anything on internet.
>>
>
> Spysats are at least this good if not better. Spysats the
> size of Hubble must be quite good. The atmosphere astronomers
> complain about blurring their astro pictures probably don't
> bother the spy sat guys, as sunlight on the items of interest
> on the ground allow quick exposure settings in the cameras of
> the spy sats. Before the atmosphere wiggles. Even at
> night adaptive optics should be able to clean up the
> atmospheric wiggles enough to see stuff. Someone who
> knows the physics of optics for telescopes can probably make
> a very good guess of the resolution one could get with say
> a 1 meter reflector spy telescope. But the other guys will
> just do their dirty work inside buildings or underground...

I find it highly amusing that people leave small towns because everyone
knows their business, get educated, go to big cities, invent wondrous
technology in order that they can spy on people and learn their
business. We're apparently not happy unless we're under surveillance.

Ain't humans grand? *|;-)

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