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Watching Earth from Space: How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us by Pat Norris

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Watching Earth from Space: How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us by Pat Norris

Watching Earth from Space: How Surveillance Helps Us – and Harms Us (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) by Pat Norris
English | Nov 16, 2010 | ISBN: 1441969373 | 284 Pages | EPUB | 31 MB

Our planet is constantly monitored by hundreds of space-borne instruments. This book describes the technology of those instruments and the sciences that provide useful information from them. It also discusses the political implications of space-borne monitoring. From the moment satellites were launched into orbit their ability to see what was happening on a global scale was appreciated - and feared.