Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Defense researchers unveiled a program on Nov. 10 that would enlist private, amateur astronomers’ help in warding off disasters in space. NASA estimates more than 500,000 pieces of hazardous space debris orbit the earth, threatening satellites that support peacekeeping and combat missions, including old…
DARPA taps amateur astronomer community in protecting satellites
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Defense researchers unveiled a program on Nov. 10 that would enlist private, amateur astronomers’ help in warding off disasters in space. NASA estimates more than 500,000 pieces of hazardous space debris orbit the earth, threatening satellites that support peacekeeping and combat missions, including old…