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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.50,0:00:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five years ago, I was a Ph.D. student
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.10,0:00:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living two lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.74,0:00:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one, I used NASA supercomputers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.06,0:00:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to design next-generation spacecraft,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.78,0:00:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the other I was a data scientist
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.36,0:00:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for potential smugglers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.78,0:00:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sensitive nuclear technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.02,0:00:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a data scientist, I did a lot of analyses,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.88,0:00:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly of facilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.35,0:00:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,industrial facilities around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.62,0:00:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was always looking for a better canvas
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.31,0:00:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tie these all together.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.37,0:00:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day, I was thinking about how
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.24,0:00:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all data has a location,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.36,0:00:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized that the answer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.10,0:00:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had been staring me in the face.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.98,0:00:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although I was a satellite engineer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.62,0:00:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hadn't thought about using satellite imagery
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.79,0:00:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.36,0:00:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, like most of us, I'd been online,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.31,0:00:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd see my house, so I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.09,0:00:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll hop in there and I'll start looking up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.39,0:00:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of these facilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.80,0:00:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I found really surprised me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.77,0:00:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pictures that I was finding
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.45,0:00:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were years out of date,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.35,0:00:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.42,0:01:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it had relatively little relevance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.09,0:01:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the work that I was doing today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.55,0:01:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was intrigued.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.01,0:01:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, satellite imagery is pretty amazing stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.24,0:01:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are millions and millions of sensors
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.55,0:01:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounding us today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.99,0:01:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's still so much we\Ndon't know on a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.95,0:01:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much oil is stored in all of China?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.70,0:01:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much corn is being produced?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.64,0:01:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many ships are in all of our world's ports?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.71,0:01:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in theory, all of these questions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.27,0:01:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be answered by imagery,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.51,0:01:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not if it's old.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.24,0:01:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if this data was so valuable,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.70,0:01:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then how come I couldn't get my hands
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.63,0:01:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on more recent pictures?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.18,0:01:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the story begins over 50 years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.31,0:01:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the launch of the first generation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.18,0:01:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of U.S. government photo reconnaissance satellites.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.78,0:01:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today, there's a handful
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.48,0:01:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the great, great grandchildren
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.67,0:01:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these early Cold War machines
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.34,0:01:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are now operated by private companies
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.35,0:01:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from which the vast majority of satellite imagery
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.06,0:01:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you and I see on a daily basis comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.88,0:02:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During this period, launching things into space,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.80,0:02:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just the rocket to get the satellite up there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.47,0:02:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has cost hundreds of millions of dollars each,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.07,0:02:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's created tremendous pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.83,0:02:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to launch things infrequently
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.12,0:02:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to make sure that when you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.46,0:02:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cram as much functionality in there as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.10,0:02:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of this has only made satellites
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.71,0:02:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bigger and bigger and bigger
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.13,0:02:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more expensive,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.72,0:02:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now nearly a billion, with a b, dollars per copy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.76,0:02:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they are so expensive,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.46,0:02:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there aren't very many of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.93,0:02:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there aren't very many of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.27,0:02:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pictures that we see on a daily basis
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.73,0:02:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tend to be old.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.23,0:02:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think a lot of people actually\Nunderstand this anecdotally,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.51,0:02:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in order to visualize just how sparsely
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.05,0:02:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our planet is collected,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.94,0:02:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some friends and I put together a dataset
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.00,0:02:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 30 million pictures that have been gathered
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.59,0:02:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by these satellites between 2000 and 2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.07,0:02:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see in blue, huge areas of our world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.83,0:02:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are barely seen, less than once a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.62,0:03:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even the areas that are seen most frequently,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.89,0:03:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those in red, are seen at best once a quarter.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.64,0:03:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now as aerospace engineering grad students,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.56,0:03:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this chart cried out to us as a challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.98,0:03:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do these things have to be so expensive?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.44,0:03:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does a single satellite really have to cost
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.17,0:03:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the equivalent of three 747 jumbo jets?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.94,0:03:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wasn't there a way to build a smaller,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.10,0:03:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simpler, new satellite design that could enable
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.27,0:03:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more timely imaging?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.29,0:03:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize that it does sound a little bit crazy
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.74,0:03:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were going to go out and just
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.25,0:03:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begin designing satellites,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.10,0:03:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but fortunately we had help.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.06,0:03:41.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the late 1990s, a couple of professors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.100,0:03:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proposed a concept for radically reducing the price
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.48,0:03:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of putting things in space.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.25,0:03:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was hitchhiking small satellites
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.36,0:03:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alongside much larger satellites.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.38,0:03:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This dropped the cost of putting objects up there
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.28,0:03:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by over a factor of 100,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.28,0:04:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and suddenly we could afford to experiment,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.37,0:04:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take a little bit of risk,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.84,0:04:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to realize a lot of innovation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.10,0:04:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a new generation of engineers and scientists,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.19,0:04:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly out of universities,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.79,0:04:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began launching these very small,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.13,0:04:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breadbox-sized satellites called CubeSats.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.72,0:04:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these were built with electronics obtained
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.13,0:04:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from RadioShack instead of Lockheed Martin.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.03,0:04:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it was using the lessons\Nlearned from these early missions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.87,0:04:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my friends and I began a series of sketches
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.56,0:04:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our own satellite design.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.25,0:04:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can't remember a specific day
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.03,0:04:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we made a conscious decision
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.89,0:04:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were actually going to\Ngo out and build these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.53,0:04:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but once we got that idea in our minds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.96,0:04:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world as a dataset,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.12,0:04:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being able to capture millions of data points
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.61,0:04:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a daily basis describing the global economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.66,0:04:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being able to unearth billions of connections
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.18,0:04:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between them that had never before been found,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.35,0:04:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just seemed boring
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.100,0:04:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go work on anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.90,0:04:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we moved into a cramped,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.88,0:05:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,windowless office in Palo Alto,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.86,0:05:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began working to take our design
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.82,0:05:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the drawing board into the lab.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.76,0:05:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first major question we had to tackle
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.42,0:05:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was just how big to build this thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.75,0:05:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In space, size drives cost,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.94,0:05:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we had worked with these very small,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.95,0:05:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breadbox-sized satellites in school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.04,0:05:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as we began to better\Nunderstand the laws of physics,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.59,0:05:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found that the quality of pictures
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.72,0:05:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those satellites could take was very limited,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.80,0:05:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the laws of physics dictate
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.50,0:05:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the best picture you\Ncan take through a telescope
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.61,0:05:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a function of the diameter of that telescope,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.85,0:05:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these satellites had a very small,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.51,0:05:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very constrained volume.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.22,0:05:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we found that the best picture we would
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.01,0:05:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been able to get looked something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.50,0:05:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although this was the low-cost option,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.74,0:05:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite frankly it was just too blurry
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.41,0:05:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the things that make\Nsatellite imagery valuable.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.98,0:05:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So about three or four weeks later,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.13,0:05:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we met a group of engineers randomly
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.95,0:05:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had worked on the first
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.59,0:05:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,private imaging satellite ever developed,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.03,0:05:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they told us that back in the 1970s,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.15,0:06:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the U.S. government had found a powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.33,0:06:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,optimal tradeoff --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.97,0:06:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in taking pictures at right\Nabout one meter resolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.06,0:06:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being able to see objects one meter in size,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.94,0:06:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had found that they could not\Njust get very high-quality images,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.63,0:06:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but get a lot of them at an affordable price.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.53,0:06:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From our own computer simulations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.50,0:06:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we quickly found that one meter really was
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.51,0:06:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the minimum viable product
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.27,0:06:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to see the drivers of our global economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.35,0:06:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first time, being able to count
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.91,0:06:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ships and cars and shipping\Ncontainers and trucks
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.63,0:06:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that move around our world on a daily basis,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.46,0:06:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while conveniently still not\Nbeing able to see individuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.26,0:06:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had found our compromise.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.88,0:06:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would have to build something larger
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.49,0:06:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the original breadbox,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.05,0:06:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now more like a mini-fridge,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.70,0:06:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we still wouldn't have to build a pickup truck.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.46,0:06:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now we had our constraint.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.08,0:06:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The laws of physics dictated
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.84,0:06:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the absolute minimum-sized\Ntelescope that we could build.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.17,0:06:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What came next was making the rest of the satellite
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.22,0:06:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as small and as simple as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.96,0:06:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically a flying telescope with four walls
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.61,0:07:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a set of electronics smaller than a phone book
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.55,0:07:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that used less power than a 100 watt lightbulb.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.99,0:07:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The big challenge became actually taking
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.89,0:07:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pictures through that telescope.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.09,0:07:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traditional imaging satellites use a line scanner,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.13,0:07:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,similar to a Xerox machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.90,0:07:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as they traverse the Earth, they take pictures,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.30,0:07:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scanning row by row by row
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.49,0:07:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build the complete image.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.17,0:07:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now people use these because they get a lot of light,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.17,0:07:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means less of the noise you see
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.02,0:07:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a low-cost cell phone image.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.75,0:07:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem with them is they require
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.11,0:07:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very sophisticated pointing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.35,0:07:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to stay focused on a 50-centimeter target
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.90,0:07:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from over 600 miles away
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.65,0:07:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while moving at more than\Nseven kilometers a second,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.88,0:07:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which requires an awesome degree of complexity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.63,0:07:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So instead, we turned to a new\Ngeneration of video sensors,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.07,0:07:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,originally created for use in night vision goggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.16,0:07:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of taking a single, high quality image,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.06,0:07:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could take a videostream
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.45,0:07:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of individually noisier frames,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.37,0:07:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then we could recombine
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.11,0:07:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of those frames together
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.58,0:08:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into very high-quality images
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.58,0:08:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using sophisticated pixel processing techniques
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.17,0:08:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here on the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.69,0:08:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a cost of one one hundredth a traditional system.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.83,0:08:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we applied this technique
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.98,0:08:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to many of the other systems on the satellite as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.95,0:08:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and day by day, our design evolved
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.79,0:08:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from CAD to prototypes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.28,0:08:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to production units.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.17,0:08:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few short weeks ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.83,0:08:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we packed up SkySat 1,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.68,0:08:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put our signatures on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.45,0:08:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and waved goodbye for the last time on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.67,0:08:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, it's sitting in its final launch configuration
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.16,0:08:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ready to blast off in a few short weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.22,0:08:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And soon, we'll turn our attention to launching
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.56,0:08:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a constellation of 24 or more of these satellites
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.59,0:08:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beginning to build the scalable analytics
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.14,0:08:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will allow us to unearth the insights
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.48,0:08:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the petabytes of data we will collect.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.67,0:08:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why do all of this? Why build these satellites?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.64,0:08:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it turns out imaging satellites
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.25,0:08:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a unique ability to provide global transparency,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.96,0:09:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and providing that transparency on a timely basis
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.59,0:09:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is simply an idea whose time has come.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.100,0:09:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see ourselves as pioneers of a new frontier,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.52,0:09:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beyond economic data,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.28,0:09:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unlocking the human story, moment by moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.89,0:09:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a data scientist
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.45,0:09:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that just happened to go to space camp as a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.20,0:09:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just doesn't get much better than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.91,0:09:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.13,0:09:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)