S8 Ep806: 15. China's Space Militarization and NASA's Search for Exoplanets Guest: Doug Messier Summary: China's development of counter-space weapons threatens US communication and surveillance satellites. Conversely, NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Telescope aims to

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The episode discusses China's counter-space weapons and NASA's efforts to discover new exoplanets.

15. China's Space Militarization and NASA's Search for Exoplanets Guest: Doug Messier Summary: China's development of counter-space weapons threatens US communication and surveillance satellites. Conversely, NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Telescope aims to study dark energy and discover thousands of new exoplanets using advanced wide-field imaging. 15 1880

People in this episode

Host: John Batchelor

Guest: Doug Messier

Topics covered

• China's space militarization
• NASA
• exoplanets
• dark energy
• counter-space weapons
• satellite threats

Keywords

• China
• NASA
• exoplanets
• dark energy
• space militarization
• satellite threats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

Places: China, US

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