High resolution, unresolved: private companies will soon launch satellites powerful enough to spot environmental hazards - or a car in your driveway
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Information about the earth gleaned with artificial satellites has been a national resource. With the private launching of reconnaissance scientific satellites this data must not be controlled by private interests. Privacy is already eroding since aerial spots are currently used by drug agents.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Company
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1996
Planning, Usage, Innovations, Political aspects, Satellite launch services industry, Reconnaissance satellites, Environmental monitoring equipment, Geodetic satellites
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1996
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A train to Spain: across northern Spain by rail, from Galicia to the Basque Country
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A traveler who took the Spanish train 'El Transcantabrico' along the coastal route called Green Spain, from Santiago to San Sebastian. The describes the delicious food and other aspects of the trip, which took her through four regions.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Company
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1997
Description and travel, Spain, Railroad travel
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1997
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