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Space Station To Get HD Streaming Video Camera

Posted by samzenpus on from the hd-eye-in-the-sky dept.

superglaze writes "A high-definition streaming video camera is to be installed on the International Space Station within a year. Built in the UK, the camera will hopefully provide a Google Earth-quality view on our planet, and the stream will be viewable — complete with zooming and panning capabilities — on the web."

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  1. Al Gore proposed a satellite to do this in 1990s by peter303 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Too expensive said NASA.

  2. panning and zooming by pahles · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And how are they going to handle multiple viewers wanting to operate the camera at the same time?

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  3. Re:Al Gore proposed a satellite to do this in 1990 by vlm · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Too expensive said NASA.

    But they built it anyway, and it sits in storage because no one has a launch plan.

    Aka the Triana although the official marketing name was the DSCOVR

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Climate_Observatory

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