Avoid Avoid. I am a Physicist and this is certainatly not true for me. This is a silly subject to debate, whether we should date someone or not because they believe. I do not believe for a second that astrology works but I would date someone who does.
The thing about the predictions are that they are vague so can fit most situations that will arise in a persons life so can seem true. Sometimes they can fit more closely and people start to think it can't be a coincidence. Also they tend to be uplifting, positive and make people feel good about themselves (money would never be made if people didnt like them:p). Put all this together and you find that people want to believe in something, want something to look forward to and if it makes them happy its not such a bad thing. What is bad is the money the writers make from it. The phone scams that make fortunes. Its all about taking money, greed.
Obviously the closer the satellite is to earth the more details it will be able to see and the smaller the objects it will be able to resolve are. This is not just simply because of its closeness but because there will be less interference from other sources. However even from a higher orbit a spy satellite could be well used, it would just be less efficient. They are balancing its chance of discovery with efficiency and decided to sacrifice secrecy.
You've touched on another point there too. You can figure out its a spy satellite from a few clues and its movement is one of them - its not going to be in a geosynchronous orbit.
They do all this already. They do paint one side matt black. They do try to keep the residual heat a low as possible too to prevent thermal detection. Much advanced technology and intelligent men will be put on the problem of hiding spy satillites. Even if you discounted the fact that solar panel will reflect back it is also possible to get reflection from black in these circumstances. The best thing to do would be to disguise them as satillites for other purposes such as telecomunication or scientific. I'm sure they do this as well though.
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Avoid Avoid. I am a Physicist and this is certainatly not true for me. This is a silly subject to debate, whether we should date someone or not because they believe. I do not believe for a second that astrology works but I would date someone who does. The thing about the predictions are that they are vague so can fit most situations that will arise in a persons life so can seem true. Sometimes they can fit more closely and people start to think it can't be a coincidence. Also they tend to be uplifting, positive and make people feel good about themselves (money would never be made if people didnt like them :p). Put all this together and you find that people want to believe in something, want something to look forward to and if it makes them happy its not such a bad thing. What is bad is the money the writers make from it. The phone scams that make fortunes. Its all about taking money, greed.
Obviously the closer the satellite is to earth the more details it will be able to see and the smaller the objects it will be able to resolve are. This is not just simply because of its closeness but because there will be less interference from other sources. However even from a higher orbit a spy satellite could be well used, it would just be less efficient. They are balancing its chance of discovery with efficiency and decided to sacrifice secrecy. You've touched on another point there too. You can figure out its a spy satellite from a few clues and its movement is one of them - its not going to be in a geosynchronous orbit.
They do all this already. They do paint one side matt black. They do try to keep the residual heat a low as possible too to prevent thermal detection. Much advanced technology and intelligent men will be put on the problem of hiding spy satillites. Even if you discounted the fact that solar panel will reflect back it is also possible to get reflection from black in these circumstances. The best thing to do would be to disguise them as satillites for other purposes such as telecomunication or scientific. I'm sure they do this as well though.