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To: RightWhale
That's just optics. There's no particular reason aside from not wanting ...

Other than not being practical for a number of reasons - I'm not going to delve into fanciful 'designs' that again, aren't in the least EVER going to be practical ... synthetic aperature RADARS work well when you can saturate a target with pulses, taking a trade-off in other parameters; parameters you don't have 'to trade off' from a platform in geosynchonous orbit ...

41 posted on 03/05/2004 5:54:30 PM PST by _Jim ( <--- Ann C. and Rush L. speak on gutless Liberals (RealAudio files))
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To: _Jim
That's decided, then. What size antenna do you need to get the needed resolution? No limit.
42 posted on 03/05/2004 6:02:54 PM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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