I’m a huge fan of NPR’s Science Friday program. I was listening today and heard an interview with Mark Brender, vice president of marketing and communications at GeoEye regarding the launch of the GeoEye-1 satellite.
He commented on advances in mapping, fielded questions regarding cost and image capture frequency, and in a comical moment, was asked about obtaining imagery of Area 51 that almost sounded like a planted question. You’ll have to listen to understand what I mean by that.
One interesting detail is that with the recently announced deal with Google, they’ll be pasting a Google logo on the outside of the launch vehicle.
