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Democratizing of Space and Earth Observations

Planet Labs "are using IMUs [inertial measurement units] from video games, radio components from cellphones, processors meant for automobiles and medical devices, reaction wheels meant for dental tools, cameras intended for professional photography and the movies, and open-source software available on the Internet," says Pete Klupar, director of engineering at NASA’s Ames Research Center from 2005 to 2011. “Instead of developing their own hardware from scratch” as established satellite makers have tended to do, he says, “they’re taking the fruits of the commercial world’s labor and applying them to space.”

http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites --- http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Science_from_Space

http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Labs_Doves_Fly --- http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:NanoRacks