Heaven and Earth: Civilian Uses of Near-Earth Space (eBook)

Civilian Uses of Near-Earth Space

Dorinda G. Dallmeyer, Kosta Tsipis (Autoren)

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1996
282 Seiten
Wolters Kluwer (Verlag)
978-90-411-7931-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Near-earth space, which extends to geosynchronous orbits where satellites remain faithfully over a fixed spot on the ground, does not lend itself to romantic fantasies of science fiction. It is a working place from which services can be delivered with ease and efficiency.Meteorology, seismic and crop-yield predictions, environmental monitoring, communications of all sorts, guidance and navigation, medical and educational services, treaty verification and photographic reconnaissance, news-gathering, scientific observation across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, prospecting, remote sensing, and monitoring of human activities are all in a day's work for near-earth space.Global cellular telephony, only a few years ago the exclusive privilege of comic-book heroes, is becoming a space-based commonplace. Planes that land in fog and cars that find their way in the labyrinthine streets of Tokyo guided from space are beyond a near horizon. Space is delivering its promise.This volume describes many of these activities and their prospects for changing the way we live, communicate, and travel on this Earth.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.1996
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• ISBN-10: 90-411-7931-3 / 9041179313
• ISBN-13: 978-90-411-7931-9 / 9789041179319