The Watchers
A startup’s plan to launch a fleet of cheap, small, ultra-efficient imaging satellites and revolutionize data collection.
A startup’s plan to launch a fleet of cheap, small, ultra-efficient imaging satellites and revolutionize data collection.
David Samuels Wired Jun 2013 15min Permalink
A visit to the newly on-the-market Jamesburg Earth Station, a massive satellite receiver that played a key role in communications with space, and its neighbors in an adjacent trailer park.
Alexis Madrigal The Atlantic Feb 2012 25min Permalink
What the twentieth century history of rocketry can tell us about innovation.
Neal Stephenson Slate Feb 2011 20min Permalink