Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch helps DARPA unlock new ‘rocket radar’ tech
A team of researchers working on DARPA’s Atmosphere as a Sensor (AtmoSense) program made an unexpected discovery while monitoring Earth’s atmosphere. The team detected unusual disturbances linked to a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket plummeting through the atmosphere during reentry. AtmoSense aims to use the atmosphere as a global sensor by measuring acoustic and electromagnetic waves … Read more