With so much vested in satellites, solar storms could bring life to a standstill
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 05:20
in Astronomy & Space
Satellites are essential to modern life. So essential, in fact, that plans have been drawn up on how to cope with a situation in which we could no longer rely on them. A UK government document entitled the Space Weather Preparedness Strategy may sound strange, but when so much of modern communications, transport and the financial system relies on satellites, you can imagine why one would want a Plan B in place.