As spies, near-space craft will take better pictures than satellites because they are 10 to 20 times closer than a camera in orbit, Tomme wrote earlier this year. If outfitted to eavesdrop on communications, a near-space craft would be likelier to pick up low-power transmissions that satellites cannot hear, he wrote.
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US air force aims to invade `near space' with balloons
SPACE EXPLOITATION Balloons floating at an altitude of 20,000m could be used to operate communications and surveillance platforms, as well as to carry bombs
AP , WASHINGTON
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