Eye in the Sky

A single satellite can visit one spot on Earth once or twice every day. BASIC's additional satellites will allow multiple passes over the same sites, alerting U.S. government users to potential trouble, humanitarian crises or natural disasters such as floods.

Aside from affecting its ability to conduct military operations, those are Pentagon concerns? And what else?

Mr. Parsons?

I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I dont need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind, I can read your mind

I worked for over 16 years in the satellite navigation and communications defense contracting industry, so I'm not disparaging their necessity in a comprehensive national defense strategy. They're amazing and we should be glad we've got 'em. I just want to make sure they're pointed at the right people for the right reasons.

I also think our reliance on high tech solutions cannot allow us to ignore the hard, dirty, dangerous and vital realities that only on-the-ground assets can discover--assuming they want to.

[Via Plug Nickel Times]