Space Forensics. Measurement and Signatures Intelligence Find 'Fingerprints' on Earth

Abstract

The simplest ideas are usually the best and they come from simple basic questions. For instance, Einstein's E=MC2 came from the question the nine-year-old boy genius asked himself; "What would happen if I could ride on a beam of light?". The result? Nuclear energy. The next greatest and simple brilliant idea is that everything has some kind of signature that can be measured. A new discipline called Measurement and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT) is evolving as a result.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA524898

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Change Detection
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Detection
  • Electronic Mail
  • Geospatial Intelligence
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Governments
  • Hot Spots
  • Images
  • Intelligence Community
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Applications
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Satellite Imaging

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space