The Sun Is About to Kill a Space Telescope That Protects Our Planet, There's No Saving It

Because of the way they are conceived, spacecraft and other such tools we use for the exploration of space become junk as soon as their primary mission has ended. Yet for a while now NASA has begun finding ways of reusing old space tech for purposes beyond its original scope. The most recent such adventure involves the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer spaceship. Launched i... (continue reading...)