back to article Don't mean to alarm you – but NASA is about to pummel the planet with huge frikkin' space laser

An orbital Earth sciences laser, NASA's ICEsat-2, is in the final stages of preparation ahead of next month's launch. With the bird about to fly, the space agency is touting the elevation accuracy Earth observation will get from the satellite's laser, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS). Firing 10,000 …

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  1. Stevie

    Bah!

    Oh great! Like the globe wasn't warm enough already without melting stuff with giant space lasers!

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