All of us know today the value of communications satellites, weather satellites, resources satellites, etc.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A picture is worth a thousand words. A satellite image is worth a million dollars.
To understand how quickly we're cooking the planet, we need good data. To have good data, we need good satellites.
The satellite business is a very successful business, very profitable business, and serves the broadcast market in addition to the telecoms market.
There are so many previously unknown sites and structures all over the world. And I think most importantly what satellites help to show us is we've actually only found a fraction of a percent of ancient settlements and sites all over the world.
What satellites help to show us is we've actually only found a fraction of a percent of ancient settlements and sites all over the world... It's the most exciting time in history to be an archaeologist.
Scientists use satellites to track weather, map ice sheet melting, detect diseases, show ecosystem change... the list goes on and on. I think nearly every scientific field benefits or could benefit from satellite imagery analysis.
If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.
Space in general gave us GPS - that's not specifically NASA, but it's investments in space.
Value is what people are willing to pay for it.
We're literally just beginning to learn how to use satellites to find sites. More and more people are realizing there's this incredible tool.