A payload of a Near Space Labs balloon parachuted to earth
Near the space labs
Autonomous balloons in the Earth’s atmosphere are taking incredibly detailed pictures of neighborhoods and individual homes in 28 US states, and by January 2025, they will be able to photograph the ground anywhere in the continental US. These high-resolution aerial images can help those responding to climate-related natural disasters, but they also raise privacy concerns.
“This is the first time that national aerial imagery is available at this resolution (7 centimeters),” he says. Rema MatevosyanCEO and co-founder of the company behind…
