[SpaceProgram] Earth Observing sat loss - opportunity?

[Jerry Isdale]

“The nation’s Earth observing capability from space is beginning to wane as older missions fail and are not replaced,” according to a new National Research Council report, released May 2 as an update to a 2007 decadal report on Earth-observing capabilities.   
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/earth-observing-satellites/

Is this an opportunity for crowd sourced sats?
We've seen hidef cameras go up on weather balloons. Could one be made space worthy in a micro-sat?

Jerry Isdale
http://MauiMakers.com
http://www.mauimakers.com/blog/thursday-public-meeting/

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