To send a telescope to orbit the sun to detect Dangerous Things coming towards earth but space agencies like not already have projects which monitor Space Objects so why do you need your own private project to do this is not his program not enough. No the programs done by ness and other telescopes are around the world are fantastic and they are presently aiming to their next goal is to find the asteroids larger than one hundred meters that could hit the earth no one hundred metre asteroid would destroy a small country its quite large these surveys these telescopes will not do as well for asteroids smaller than that however as we just mentioned a forty meter asteroid is enough to destroy a very large city so there are going to be a lot of esther as in fact a great majority of asteroids that could do damage on earth are actually smaller than one hundred meters and would not be found by these current surveys or these these planned surveys so our goal at b six twelve foundation is to figur
A former astronaut about the dangers we face a life here on earth. Welcome to me Sophie Shevardnadze a giant asteroid like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs cross the earths past very often but smaller ones do all the time and while the boy did the danger so far our planet is still on prepared for any possible collision. Can we stop armageddon if it comes to it or is to earth defenseless against an asteroid strike when we ask former nasa astronaut asked a physicist and space and. As. The world becomes more familiar with whats beyond planet earth the potential dangers of space becoming more apparent with the threat of asteroids able to wipe out entire civilizations scarily close to our atmosphere so can we count of these dangers before its too late is humanitys existence simply a game of chance or is it in a sense to define and protect. Add blue physicists former astronaut c o b six twelve Foundation Welcome to the show its really great to have you with us thank you very much for hav
NASA's four CubeSat spacecraft for the Starling mission have met all their key objectives, marking a successful demonstration of autonomous swarm operations
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 31, 2024 -
After ten months in orbit, the Starling spacecraft swarm has achieved its primary mission objectives, marking a major milestone in swarm technology.
Satellite swarms could potentially be used