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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by tantalor on Friday April 06, 2018 @09:27AM (#16773015)
> large scale

1080p wide-angle is not quite large scale in terms of space imagery

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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by JustSomeNobody on Friday April 06, 2018 @10:11AM (#16773337)
What about 4K? 8K? What about a big honking lens strapped to the side?

If the agency requires everyone to get a license, they can filter out the people doing shady stuff.

Granted there's not many people sending rockets into LEO.

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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by jstanley on Friday April 06, 2018 @10:18AM (#16773389)
It's probably not very effective at all at stopping people doing shady stuff.

The people doing shady stuff are either the US government (who will give themselves permission) or other country's governments (who won't even ask permission). So what exactly does it prevent?

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