Happy Asteroid Day! Prize-Winning Plan Focuses on Space Infrastructure
Researchers Brian Murphy and Richard Cannon have won the Schweickart Prize for their proposal to protect space infrastructure from asteroid and meteoroid threats. The award recognizes innovative ideas for planetary defense as human activity in orbit continues to expand.
Why it matters
As satellite reliance grows, protecting orbital assets from space debris and asteroid impacts is becoming a critical component of global security.
For decades, astronomers and policymakers have been working on plans to protect our planet from killer asteroids. But now there’s a new realm to protect: the thousands of satellites we’re putting in orbit.
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