Sky Alert! When Satellites Fail /

• Main Author: Johnson, Les (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Remote sensing.; System safety.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Electrical engineering.; Economics.; Management science.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Security Science and Technology.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Economics, general.

How much do we depend on space satellites? Defense, travel, agriculture, weather forecasting, mobile phones and broadband, commerce...the list seems endless. But what would our live be like if the unimaginable happened and, by accident or design, those space assets disappeared? Sky Alert! explores w...