World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

[stakddek]

The NASA "consultancy" is a valuable asset. How long have they been gathering athmospheric data? Globaly. -- Who can get those records to run simulations? -- It is a guarantee that no taxpayer money, will be contributed to GTE by NASA. It is certain that a certain portion of lift capacity will be provided to the government. It may be beyond meteorological. It may be funded by other agencies who will not have a logo on the skin. How needed the "high ground" is will determine the level of cooperation and funding that NASA delivers.

Can you imagine the fuel cost saving for a thirty day deployment of a stratalite instead of a JSTAR or AWACs? I can remember a show a year or so ago describing early recon satelites. They used FILM cameras and dropped the film for mid air retrieval. When the film was used up, so was the satelite.

Miniaturization and superlight and energy efficient electronics packages will be key to Stratelite value. Payload is limited and golly gee, who does that real good?

Hope in the short future NASA becomes Need Another Stratelite Above.

Stakddek