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		eyeface on March 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Planes Landing in Beijing: Video from Space Parent knows this, and was asking what could be done with modern hardware, given that keyhole-class satellites have been up for 30 years.

ynniv on March 4, 2014 | [–]

Optical resolution doesn't follow Moore's law. There will certainly have been improvements, but not like we are accustomed to. Computers can be used to model the atmosphere and attempt to recover resolution, but the returns will diminish quickly.

toomuchtodo on March 4, 2014 | [–]

As long as the laws of physics allow it, its possible.

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