Government Matters (Full Show) – January 2, 2022
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) to test capabilities to deflect asteroids, Space Development Agency acquisition and new capabilities
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) to test capabilities to deflect asteroids, Space Development Agency acquisition and new capabilities
On Nov. 24, NASA launched the first spacecraft sent to hit and redirect a harmless, near-Earth asteroid. It’s called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). The trip takes 10 months, but if it is successful, NASA will be able to deflect dangerous asteroids plummeting towards Earth years in advance. Lindley Johnson, planetary defense officer at […]
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is called the Defense Department’s constructive disruptor for space acquisition, delivering space-based capabilities to the warfighter quickly. Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency at the Defense Department, said his organization uses the spiral development model, delivering “good enough” capabilities every two years, which is “profound” and can be […]
