Asteroid Threat Detection and Planetary Defense Can Be Complete and Ready by 2035
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#711SK)
We need an enhanced version of SUNSET to establish a space-based, combined discovery and early-warning system for NEOs (Near Earth Objects). If we use multiple satellites traveling ahead of Earth on its orbit we improve detections of sunward objects over satellites in NEO-Surveyor-like orbits by tens of percent and enables seamless, automatic follow-ups. A University ...