COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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resulting in increased private funding of research institutions
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increasing efficiency in telecommunications
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enabling transoceanic air travel
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facilitating the development of technologies that improve fuel efficiency
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main advantage of satellites is that they can distribute signals from one point to many locations. As such, satellite technology is ideal for “point-to-multipoint” communications such as broadcasting.
Detailed explanation-2: -Innovation makes it possible to produce more output from society’s available labor and capital, increasing the productivity of America’s workers. Those productivity improvements have led to rising prosperity and living standards, as Chapter 2 discussed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Imagery from satellites can help governments, nonprofits and other emergency responders following natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, droughts and volcanic eruptions. They can also help maintain communication after a catastrophe when cellular networks and landlines fail.
Detailed explanation-4: -Satellites can map physical, economic and social changes when reliable data from other sources may not be consistently available. Harnessing images in this way can help reduce water used to grow crops by as much as 33%.