Beijing wants to install huge surveillance system on the moon to ensure security of Chinese space station. Hundreds of millions of cameras on Earth are already monitoring the everyday lives of Chinese people.
A network of cameras weighing just 100 grams each is planned, which can also take infrared images and enable a 360-degree panoramic view. Using artificial intelligence, the cameras should be able to “independently identify, locate, track and target suspicious targets,” the paper says. As soon as “anomalies” are detected, the system will “immediately generate alarm signals and initiate appropriate response measures”