DARPA's new spy satellite could provide real-time video from anywhere on Earth
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
It sees you when youre sleeping and knows when youre awake could be the theme song for a new spy satellite being developed by DARPA. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys latest proof-of-concept project is called the Membrane Optical Imager for Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE), and would provide real-time images and video of any place on Earth at any time a capability that, so far, only exists in the realm of movies and science fiction. The details of this huge eye-in-the-sky look like something right out of science fiction, as well, and it would be interesting to determine if it could have applications for astronomy as well.