Can Spy Satellites Help Us Find The Relict Hominoid?
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Damian Bravo, a Sasquatch believer. You can join Damian's group Sasquatch Lives? on Facebook.As the quest to find Sasquatch continues to evoke more skeptics and believers, could high tech equipment flying above in space find the answer to the Relict Hominoid?
Since Sputnik, the race began to launch satellites to monitor government activities around world. Many of these types of satellites contained payloads of highly sensitive cameras and equipment. Within them, as technology improve we can find infrared scanners, ultraviolet scanners, x-ray equipment, cameras that can read the numbers on your credit card and penetrate walls in buildings and underground facilities. This equipment can find a specific target through clouds in any sort of terrain or bad weather. Can a spy satellite help us find Sasquatch? Could the use of these secret eyes in the sky help us confirm the Relict Hominoid one hundred percent?
Spy satellites are known to have the capability to follow a source generating heat; they can penetrate with their x-ray equipment even the thickest forest in the world. If we could dedicate just one month of searching with this high tech equipment, which can cover more ground at once then any man or terrestrial equipment, we can prove or disprove without a doubt the existence of the Sasquatch. At times I even wonder if maybe someone in our government already knows of Sasquatch’s existence. “Mind you I am not or have ever been a conspiracy theorist”, but with such things watching us from above it kind of makes any one think of this possibility.
In this age of unmanned drones and high definition telescopic cameras could a endeavor to show the world, the existence of such a creature be achieved and can the private sector put together the funding to create this type of project. Today many private companies do exist that have launched private rockets into space or exploring the possibilities to also take humans into space. In an article posted JUN 10th, 2010, on the website “space.com”, there are currently six different private sector companies exploring this endeavor.
Names of private sector companies, projects cost and specs:
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)
- Company: SpaceX
- Spaceship Name: Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket
- Founder(s): Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal
- Backing: $100 million of Musk’s personal fortune, $20 million more from outside investors
- Location: Hawthorne, California
- Launched the Business: 2002
- Plans to Launch into Space: Debut launch tests in 2010, first operational flights in 2011.
Number of Passengers: 7 maximum, or fewer with a mixture of cargo and crew
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets and Dragon spacecraft are initially expected to be unmanned vehicles to serve NASA's cargo needs for the International Space Station. Musk has said Dragon could be ready to launch astronauts within three years of receiving a contract from NASA to do so. The company currently has a $1.6 billion contract to provide 12 unmanned cargo deliveries to the station through 2016.
The Falcon 9 rocket is about 180 feet (57 meters) tall and is a two-stage booster. The Dragon capsule is a solar-powered spacecraft designed to be grappled by the space station's robotic arm and installed on a docking port.
Hawthorne, CA – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has successfully test fired SuperDraco, a powerful new engine that will play a critical role in the company’s efforts to change the future of human spaceflight.
Orbital Sciences
- Company: Orbital Sciences
- Spaceship Name: Cygnus and Taurus 2 rocket
- Founder(s): David W. Thompson, Bruce W. Ferguson, Scott L. Webster
- Backing: Publicly traded company, $1.1 billion in revenue
- Location: Dulles, Virginia
- Launched the Business: 1982
- Plans to Launch into Space: 2011
Number of Passengers: So far, the Cygnus is purely unmanned
A veteran hand when it comes to rocket launches, Orbital Sciences has a $1.9 billion contract with NASA to provide eight cargo missions for the International Space Station using its unmanned Cygnus spacecraft and the new Taurus 2 rocket. Orbital is planning the launches in 2011 from Wallops Island in Virginia.
Orbital has not announced plans on whether it may try to convert the Cygnus vehicle for crewed missions. The Taurus 2 rocket stands about 131 feet (40 meters) tall and is a two-stage booster to be topped by the Cygnus spacecraft.
Representation of a typical mission to provide commercial cargo logistics service to the International Space Station using Orbital's new Taurus II rocket and Cygnus advanced maneuvering spacecraft.
Blue Origin
- Company: Blue Origin
- Spaceship Name: New Shepard
- Founder(s): Jeff Bezos
- Backing: His personal fortune as founder of Amazon.com
- Location: Kent, Washington
- Launched the Business: 2004
- Plans to Launch into Space: Mid-2012
- Number of Passengers: at least 3 astronauts
Blue Origin has remained extremely secretive about its plans, but has tested a prototype of its New Shepard spacecraft at the company's proving grounds in Texas. New Shepard is expected to be a vertical launch and landing vehicle capable of reaching an altitude of about 75 miles (120 km) .
In 2010, NASA awarded Blue Origin $3.7 million to develop an astronaut escape system and build a composite space capsule prototype as part of its commercial crew program.
See private spaceship builder Jeff Bezos's vertical rocket take a short hop during a 2011 test flight by his company Blue Origin.
Bigelow Aerospace
- Company: Bigelow Aerospace
- Spaceship Name: Sundancer and BA-330
- Founder(s): Robert Bigelow
- Backing: $180 million of his personal fortune as owner of the Budget Suites of America hotel chain.
- Location: North Las Vegas, Nevada
- Launched the Business: 1999
- Plans to Launch into Space: 2015
- Number of Passengers: Sundancer to support crews of 3, BA-330 to support 6-person crews
Bigelow Aerospace has been paving new ground in inflatable spacecraft and already launched two mini-space station prototypes, called Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. The company's larger Sundancer and BA-330 vehicles are expected to serve as space stations, not capsules. Additionally, company founder Robert Bigelow has set his sights on developing a private moon base using the inflatable technology.
Since Bigelow Aerospace does not have rockets or spacecraft to reach its space stations, the company has been working closely with Boeing on potential crew capsules.
Boeing received $18 million from NASA in 2010, to support development of its own 7-person spacecraft.
Bigelow Aerospace
SpaceDev/Sierra Nevada Corp.
- Company: SpaceDev
- Spaceship Name: Dream Chaser
- Founder: Jim Benson (deceased), now led by Fatih Ozmen
- Backing: Sierra Nevada Corp., of Sparks, Nev.
- Location: Poway, Calif.
- Launched the Business: 1997
- Plans to Launch into Space: Under Development
- Number of passengers: 4 on suborbital flights, up to 6 for orbital flights.
California-based SpaceDev is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corp. (which acquired it in 2008) and has been developing the reusable Dream Chaser space plane to launch crew and cargo into space at an Atlas 5 rocket.
In February, 2010, Sierra Nevada won $20 million in NASA funds to continue the Dream Chaser's development. The spacecraft's design is based on the HL-20 lifting body tested by NASA and aims to launch on a rocket and land on a conventional runway, for quick turnaround and reuse.
SNC Space Systems Dream Chaser™ Concept of Operations (CONOPS) animation.
Virgin Galactic
- Company: Virgin Galactic
- Spaceship Name: SpaceShipTwo
- Founder(s): British Billionaire Sir Richard Branson
- Backing: His personal fortune as founder of Virgin Group
- Location: London, England, and Spaceport, New Mexico
- Launched the Business: 2004
- Plans to Launch into Space: end of 2011 or early 2012
- Number of Passengers: 6 passengers, 2 pilots
The only air-launched vehicle in the group, Virgin Galactic's SpaceshipTwo vehicle is still just a suborbital vehicle designed for space tourism jaunts into space. The company envisions launching paying passengers on suborbital thrill rides for about $200,000 per seat. However, the spacecraft's mother ship, the huge WhiteKnightTwo aircraft, could be modified to launch small rockets or satellites for NASA or other users.
SpaceShipTwo is designed by veteran aerospace engineer Burt Rutan and the company he founded, Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif. It is a larger version of SpaceShipOne, which successfully flew on suborbital flights in 2004.
VIRGIN Galactic Commercial Space Travel Flights Start October 2012 For $200,000 Per Ticket
If we can bring entrepreneurs like British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, that believe in and would invest in this type of technology, we could find not only the possible existence of Sasquatch, but also use such a satellite to benefit the study and discovery of other species around the world. We are at a cross road that eventually will lead to amazing discoveries, beyond the point that anyone believes or not in the existence of this Relict Hominoid, the use of this technology could bring us closer to the answers we search for today.
Ya know...I'm getting a bit sick of people saying "I'm not a conspiracy theorist," or some such thing, and then putting forth a conspiracy theory. Be proud of your conspiracy theory - it is a definite possibility. There is nothing wrong with conspiracy theories. Real conspiracies happen all of the time. Stop allowing your society to influence your thinking against conspiracy theories.
ReplyDeleteWow, that was a very well researched post! I think that thermal imaging and drones are a great option for BF research. There are probably some bugs that need to be worked out to make it less awkward, but definitely the future.
ReplyDeleteThe Falcon Project is already working on air recon with a new type of air ship. Hear all about it on Bigfoot Tonight (Sunday nights on blogtalkradio.com) great show! Haha cheap shameless plug. But seriously a very good show.
ReplyDeleteJames your are right about the Falcon project, but satellites can cover more ground in one day then the Falcon, it has limited range and also bad weather can keep it grounded. I agree with Mr. Bravo, would be a great investment if some people with money, that believe in the "Big Guy" put together such a project, I like the fact he stated that it could also be use to find other unknown species. I think that would be great also, Awsome article by the way
ReplyDeleteI agree with Autumnforest. Drones are more economical, can "orbit" over an area, and about 4 miles up, instead of 200 miles up for satellites. They still wouldn't be able to to identify a target at night except that it would be a large or small heat signature. They are very quiet too. I like the potential of the air ship idea also.
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Bigelow does exciting work a may count as the company that keeps us ahead in space. Who's to say that te fedshaven't been tracking bigfoot for years ?
ReplyDeleteThe first anon's spot on. To think your Governments tell you everything is really thinking like a madman, they only tell you what they want you to know, and thus you don't know any more than that. They have and know plenty of secrets, they couldn't run a state or a nation without knowing more than you do, one of which I'm sure is the Sasquatch race. Just ask Romney, oh right, he's not quite in there yet. lol
ReplyDeleteYour essay starts with the unfounded assumption that Bigfoot exists. What you seem to be missing is that already these technologies are doing the opposite of what you hope. They are making it increasingly unlikely that the creature exits. Much of the planet is now regularly and thoroughly photographed and imaged in many ways, while almost everyone has a cell phone with camera (or stand alone camera) and yet we're still have no convincing photographic let alone physical evidence of BF. What can you say when detailed infrared scans of supposed BF hotspots turn up nothing but known animals. You can and should say what mature people concluded when detailed sonar scans of Lock Ness turned up empty - that the creature is a myth. In both cases, it's likely that people mistaking known phenomena or hoaxes are behind them, and like any legend, they tend to grow with time. Please don't fall back on the objection that unknown animals have been found even in recent decades. Yes, but not 8 foot tall hairy ones traipsing around areas regularly inhabited or visited by humans. To think that's possible without one corpse (or burial site, if you claim they bury their dead) ever been found, or one ever being hit by car, shot by a hunter, or at least well photographed and videoed by numerous people (save the blotch-squatches) etc. is just not reasonable.
ReplyDeleteyour comment is not reasonable... detailed sonar scan when and by who? And even if Loch Ness is a myth doesn't mean that BF don't exist!!! There are evidence of BF,many many and well explained but your logic and discernment must be more mature than you think!!! This is not like others animals with usual methods to find them! It's
Deletestill not so easy to get smoking guns today!!! But it's too hard to find discernment in a skeptic!!!