Go for it Leo, just don't make your hobo bigger than 1/1000th the size of my 6' long satellite and don't ask for scheduling assistance to glom-on....
Coverage Here is a cool map I found of ship tracks, what a comprehensive network for a research effort..
Research The Ocean is huge and we know so little about it. It would be great if we had a satellite system to mimic the one above us (which often...
design Big difference between a "hobo" craft and trying to create and fund a gloabl going VW sized Ocean Satellite. Here is a better idea of the...
Whaler police Also, what is the disposition of the well publicized and self-appointed "whale police" now endangering international whalers?
Monitor? enforcement? Who monitors and better, enforces! international law outside of coastal limits? No, this type of citizen based monitoring...
Permission? Stumble, you are making my case for not asking. You cannot do anything nowadays without the specter of tremendous, horrific, insanely...
Tech Stumble, All good reasons to do it without it being known. The propulsion will double as a generator when in the flow of the "donor" ship....
Data Its data, not business, think of the input for the global warming argument. It is very low cost due to not having to organize the global...
I have designs for a autonomous global ocean going satellite to monitor and collect data while riding like a stowaway on the hulls of commercial...
