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lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy) writes:

>It seems it would be more feasable to take several pictures by the same 
>satellite at slightly different locations and combine them 
>electronically. I'm not sure I understand the limits of this but I've 
>been led to beleive that it works. A similar method is being used with 
>radio-telescopes, recording the information simultaneously at several 
>sites and then combining the data to get better resolution.

There are a few differences.  The wavelength of the radio waves in
question are much longer than the light waves.  Therefore, the precision
with which the image receivers must be places is more stringent for the
optical methods.  It's just not too easy.  I'm not saying that it 
can't or isn't being done.  It's just difficult to accomplish.

--David Willmore
willmore@iastate.edu