NASA team advances next-generation 3D-imaging lidar
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 08:01
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —Building, fixing, and refueling space-based assets or rendezvousing with a comet or asteroid will require a robotic vehicle and a super-precise, high-resolution 3-D imaging lidar that will generate real-time images needed to guide the vehicle to a target traveling at thousands of miles per hour.