bird@kksys.UUCP (0000-Mike Bird) (01/31/88)
In article <22782@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Tom Tedrick) writes: >Question: Is it possible to pick up human voices from space, > using satellites? I don't have the technical background > to judge such questions. > -Tom > tedrick@ernie.berkeley.edu If you use an optical device, like a laser, to bounce off of windows, like in the construction article last year in Radio-Electronics, you can listen to conversations. If you mount the laser and receiver in a satellite, and used the technique I read something about in Scientific American last year on correcting for atmospheric haze, you might be able to listen from a satellite. However, I don't think these techniques are reliable, or are practical at the current state of the art. However, in 50 years or so.... -- ================================================================================ Mike Bird (These opinions are mine, dammit!) Mail paths: bird@kksys.UUCP -or- Void where prohibited by law. ...rutgers!meccts!kksys!bird