The Documentary Podcast cover image

The Engineers: Lunar exploration

The Documentary Podcast

00:00

The Future of Space Exploration

We want to land about 60 miles off of San Diego every time. What you try to do is you come in at the same velocity and you'll dig deep into the atmosphere just a little bit, bleed off some of the heat and then you skip out of it. That extends your range but also reduces your overall heat rate. We use LiDAR as what we call relative navigation. It's going to be a really important technology to help not only the crew, but eventually if you want to fly autonomous spacecraft without the crew. Later, we'll discuss the future and plans for expeditions to Mars. For now, I'd like to ask who's got a question on anything we've

Play episode from 13:38
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app