Space-Based Infrared Telescope for Planetary Defense Gets Boost From National Academies
06-19-2019
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A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today gives a boost to supporters of building a space-based infrared telescope to detect asteroids as part of NASA's planetary defense goals as opposed to its science program. The distinction is important because NASA's science program is guided by the Academies' Decadal Surveys, which do not include missions for planetary defense, making it virtually impossible for such missions to compete ...
