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HERVÉ BUCHWALTER, CEO OF THE FRENCH SATELLITE COMPANY SPOT IMAGE SHARES PLANS FOR PLANET ACTION WITH IMAGING NOTES PUBLISHER MYRNA JAMES YOO. HERVÉ BUCHWALTER 2 MYRNA JAMES YOO MYRNA JAMES YOO We understand that you originated Planet Action, an initiative about global warming. What was your inspiration for this idea? HERVÉ BUCHWALTER If you remember, when space exploration started with the Mercury and Vostok programs in 1961, our perception of our planet Earth was radically changed, because we were at last able to contemplate it from a distance. Well, we at Spot Image have been in the remote sensing business for more than 20 years, and as such have developed an acute sense of responsibility about what happens on Earth. When the case of global warming was so widely made in 2006, we immediately felt the need to engage in action. Can you cite any other industry which would be better placed than the field of Earth Observation to support projects and action on global warming? I’d like to point out that a very timely article in the Summer 2006 issue of Imaging Notes, titled “Udo’s World” by Dr. Tim Foresman, helped us to make the “go” decision IMAGING NOTES SUMMER 2007 // WWW.IMAGINGNOTES.COM about the project.
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