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Sky Alert! - When Satellites Fail (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
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Sky Alert! - When Satellites Fail (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Series: Popular Science
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"Sky Alert! What Happens When Satellites Fail" explores for the
first time what our modern world would be like if we were suddenly
to lose most, if not all, of our space assets. The author
demonstrates humankind's dependence on space satellites and show
what might happen to various aspects of our economy, defense, and
daily lives if they were suddenly destroyed. The book opens with a
consideration of how our space assets might be lost in the first
place: through orbital debris, war, and solar storms. The author
then looks at what would happen if our satellites were lost,
including the effect on weather forecasting, and the Global
Positioning System, explaining GPS in detail and its importance to
the military, including spy satellites and military reconnaissance,
commerce, civilians, communications and remote sensing - both
resource monitoring and locating and environmental monitoring and
science. The effects of losing such assets as the International
Space Station as well as such research satellites as the Hubble
Space Telescope or the Chandra X-Ray Observatory are also
considered. Part III of the book looks at how we can protect our
satellites, preparing for the worst, reducing the growth and amount
of orbital debris, preventing acts of war in space and hardening
against space radiation. The book ends on an optimistic note: most
spacefaring nations are now working together to develop new
technologies to reduce the threat posed by orbital debris and
in-space nuclear detonations and treaties exist to limit the
development and use of weapons in space. Finally, it is hoped that
it will not be long before we will be able to better predict and
take precautions against solar storms. The global economy has now
become so dependent upon satellites that their loss would be
devastating - to the economy, to national security, and
potentially, to the day-to-day survival of those who live in the
world's most advanced economies.
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