Black Sky satellites return images just 58 hours after launch

Re:Black Sky satellites return images just 58 hours after la... by mschuster91 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @04:10AM (#24208254)

> Imagine being able to dispatch a helicopter to drown out a typical forest fire within 10 minutes of the fire starting while it's still small. That's a game changer.

And not necessarily a good one. Many forest ecosystems depend on somewhat regular fires to "clean out" debris. The problem however is that "thanks" to climate change leading to drier forests, what once used to be a fire that only consumed fallen off leaves etc. while leaving the big trees unharmed now burns intense and long enough to actually damage the big trees.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

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Re:Black Sky satellites return images just 58 hours after la... by namibj on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @04:54AM (#24208469)

Sounds like you need to wait for the big trees to still be wet enough, but the leaves dried up, and then light a fire to have it burn while you're keeping an eye on it and know it won't burn down your nice forest.

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