Название: Space Systems and Sustainability: From Asteroids and Solar Storms to Pandemics and Climate Change Автор: Joseph N. Pelton Издательство: Springer Год: 2021 Формат: PDF Страниц: 258 Размер: 10 Mb Язык: English
The chapters examine in a straightforward way how satellite systems and technology can drastically transform fields such as pandemic tracking and global medical responses, cosmic hazard monitoring, nuclear energy and waste disposal, water and land pollution, tele-education/telemedicine, and military conflict. Such examples show how orbiting smart systems will play an ever more vital role in our vulnerable modern world, allowing us to monitor, track, and respond to mounting problems of the 21st century.