Re: VP Gore's Proposal

[Steve Dimse K4HG <k4hg@xxxxxxxx>]

On 3/13/98 3:21 PM Phil Karn (karn@qualcomm.com) wrote:

>Aparently Al has never heard of GOES, TIROS, Meteosat, DMSP, Landsat,
>SPOT, orbital mechanics, or the inverse-square law (earth observation
>from 1 million miles??)
>
This is a fast scan color TV transmission, a bit different from the every 
15 minute whole earth GOES B&W images. Of course, not much changes from 
that vantage point in a 30th of a second...

Steve K4HG