Nasa works with small businesses to advance lidar exploration tools
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Lunar Orbiting Laser Altimeter has produced detailed maps of the Lunar South Pole, including where water ice appears to fill the bottoms of permanently shadowed craters (image: Nasa/LRO)
Nasa is working with small businesses and academia to make lidar systems smaller, lighter, and more versatile tools for exploration, including the development of the 'Concurrent Artificially intelligent Spectrometry and Adaptive Lidar System'
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