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Europe Sets Sights On Asteroid Tracking Radars

Posted by Soulskill on from the bruce-willis-bat-signal dept.

coondoggie writes "The European Space Agency today said it would develop a radar system that will be capable of tracking space hazards such as asteroids and orbital debris. ESA and France's Office National d'Etudes et Recherches Aérospatiales research center will work with five other partners in France, Spain and Switzerland to this month design a test surveillance radar and develop a $6 million demonstrator model."

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  1. Science by Dan+East · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah yeah, it's got all kind of sciencey uses. Asteroids and stuff like that. But what are the military applications???

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    1. Re:Science by KDR_11k · · Score: 5, Funny

      Detecting Space Nazis before they land.

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