Better than Hubble.
Andre Willers
3 May 2013
Synopsis :
A Swarm of Metamaterial telescopes from 600 km orbit has
resolutions of Earth’s surface in the the nanometer range in any frequency .
Literally watch the molecules on a
person’s face from orbit with your Smartphone . See bacteria or viruses on the surface of
Mars . See Socio-Economic Systems metamorphose .
Discussion :
1.This is not a fancy . See Appendix A . It is only ten
years on since metamaterials were first manufactured , and even now old-style
optics are so obsolete that the US is desperately giving it away . Get some PR
kudo’s before any snot-nosed kid with a few bucks has a superior system . See Appendix
A and B.
2.A quick discussion :
We can make lots of small quantities of metamaterial hyperlenses/mirrors , which can be aggregated
into swarms .
3.We already do the Swarm bit with Smartphones and their
Apps .
4.Expect some next generation of
Samsung or Apple (Steve jobs would have
done it in the next gen) with metamaterial camera’s . Essentially , infinite
number of pixels .
5.Just have a cheap swarm of HyperReflecters in orbit (a few
ounces of matter) . Courtesy of SpaceX or any other cheap launcher . See
Appendix AA.3
6.The intelligent parts are on the ground in the Smartphones
and the Cloud . They can see each other via the reflections from the orbital
swarms .
7.You can then watch your neighbour down to the nanometer level
. What fun ! If only anyone did something interesting .
But notice the tuneability : definitely possible with
radar-frequencies used for airport scanners . Ordinary clothes would be
transparent .
Expect major research in clothing metamaterial blockers at
these frequencies . X-rays possible from scattering .
8.Interesting things can be done : a Panopticon approach :
8.1 A decent asteroid watch .
8.2 A decent disease watch . Apps can watch the molecules
and bacteria on the skins of all animals and plants on the planet . And I mean
all . Zap those you don’t like from orbit .
8.3 Adaptations for underwater can be made .
8.4 Life on other planets .
8.5 Dare I say it ? SETI.
8.6 Weapons : bioweapons , eco-weapons , weather-weapons
will be most effective . The future equivalent of bug-spray will see off most
of present armies .
9.Socio-Economic Systems :
What about Freedom ?
A meaningful say in your own affairs is possible in the
Ostrum system .
Do not confuse Freedom with Privacy . Privacy never existed
in a social species .
The Ostrum-system will then very quickly become dominant .
The Panopticon approach will force representation and
accountability on every economically active organism on the planet . Do not be
surprised at the “Senator for Plants” or “Congressman for Pilchards” .
This was a system successfully used by the Ancient Egyptians
to run a high civilization for thousands of years on a piece of ground smaller
than most cities .
10 . Singularity .
“Better than Hubble” means “Faster than Hubble” .
Outstripping the bounds of the inflating universe .
“Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful
than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound"
.
Yes , our old friend is back in even a more
powerful guise .
Only , now we are all him .
11.And now we will all have x-ray vision .
See the effects !
12.Looking outwards , we see reflections of
ourselves twirling away in transluminating mirrors past the Hubble Limit .
Coming soon to a civilization near you !
Enjoy it .
Andre
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Appendix AA
Links for some background :
3.
http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2012_phaseII_fellows_ritter.html
: Metamaterial minitelescopes to form swarms
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Appendix A
The US Department of Defence donated two Hubble class
telescopes to NASA.
Newscientist 9 Feb 2013 p6
“Last year (2012) , the US National Reconnaisance Office
offered NASA the optics , which are similar to those on the Hubble space
telescope,but slightly wider field of view “
Telescopes aimed at Earth .
Which is where that embarrassing little glitch with the
Hubble telescope’s mirror came from . See Appendix B for the spin .
This means that they have new technologies orders of
magnitude better .
With resolutions in the nanometer range from orbit .
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Appendix B
1 degree = 60 arcminutes =
3600 arcseconds
Hubble’s resolution
is of the order of 0.05 arcsec .
“If
Hubble looked at the Earth - from its orbit of approx. 600 km - this would in
theory correspond to 0.3 meter or 30 cm”
“Various
tweaks and enhancements would add about 10x better resolution . About 3 cm .
Number plate size .”
“The
story I've always heard was that Hubble was enabled partly by the existence of
surveillance satellites with similar specs. Supposedly HST is roughly
equivalent to a KH-11 spy satellite; those have been in orbit since the late
70s or thereabouts. Presumably there are far more sophisticated things up there
now. “
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