Mad Scientists at
DARPA are excited about prospects for Membrane Optic Imager Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE) program.
"MOIRE will park in space over the earth, and once there will unleash a "micron-thin diffractive-optics membrane" to form a 65-foot super-thin lens to watch a wider swath of ground more closely than anything else before," according to
Business Insider. The super-thin membrane lens will
"scrutinize an area about 62-miles in diameter; updating its video at about one frame per second, offering a 99 percent likelihood of catching a [SCUD] missile launch." Ball Aerospace has been awarded contract by DARPA to develop MOIRE tech, an
Aviation Week article provides more details about technology. The space telescope will cost about $500 million a copy! A SCUD-watch impresses as a suspect cover story!
The real question - what else will be scrutinized?
