No country should face existential threats to our planet alone, one of the leading scientists said.
Daniel Baker, a director and professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the U.S., and leader of the project, said no country should fly solo in the face of existential threats to the planet.“I’m excited that we not only get to do basic science but also address issues that are of real consequences to humans," Baker told SCMP. "This dual use of basic research and applied research is at the core of what the [satellite] constellations are about.
Baker added that some of the satellites will go into orbit by 2025. They will be launched in constellations, allowing data to be combined to provide a bigger picture, as opposed to older CubeSat missions that would have one point of data. “[The previous approach] led to uncertainty and ambiguity about whether the things we measure at that one particular point represent the characteristics of the whole system,” Baker explained. He also mentioned that the new mission was made possible due to advances in low-cost satellite launches, as well as innovationsEach of the satellites will feature two or three instruments and will weigh as little as a few kilograms.
In a speech addressing the Strategic Forum on Space Science in August, Roger Bonnet, former director of the European Space Agency’s scientific program, said he hopes Cospar will "help with the redirection of international space science opportunities in the context of war”.
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