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Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago

A 3-tonne, $1.5 billion satellite to watch Earth’s every move is set to launch this week

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A 3-tonne, $1.5 billion satellite to watch Earth’s every move is set to launch this week

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Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago
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The NISAR satellite will be able to detect centimetre-sized changes on Earth’s surface, providing crucial data for agriculture and climate modelling.
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    This is absolutely fucked. Bring down the all seeing eye in the sky satelite

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      “All seeing” except it’s using radar to evaluate typography and biomass. What am I missing that makes this “absolutely fucked”?

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        Aren’t you a tiny blob of typography and biomass yourself?

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          How did you know? Really though I was looking at the picture in the article which is from similar technology about a decade ago.

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