VENUS Satellite, The Next Eye in the Sky

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday March 13, 2006 @05:04AM from the fly-eye-in-the-sky dept.

Erica Campbell writes "According to IsraCast, Israel and France are working together on a new micro-satellite called VENUS, which is supposed to be far more advanced then present satellites. VENUS, which will be launched in 2008, will carry a unique Super Spectral Space Camera, and will have an advanced plasma-thruster engine for propulsion. From the article: 'The Israeli-French project will allow farmers to better treat their crops, fisherman to locate large quantities of fish in mid-sea and will also vastly increase the ability of the scientific community to study and monitor the flora and fauna in many areas around the globe.'"

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Re:Lame Excuse by PornMaster · 2006-03-13 05:31 · Score: 0, Troll

Does anyone else find it strange that France and Israel are collaborating on this? It seems an unlikely marriage. Just about the only thing that the two countries seem to have in common which they don't have with other "Western" nations in the vicinity is rioting Muslims.

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