Are NASA and other space agencies doing anything about Planet X? It appears so.
NASA is preparing twin satellites for launch in 2011 to study the Van Allen Radiation Belts and their affects on space hardware and people that pass through them. This will be very helpful in working to save lives and prevent catastrophic failure of expensive government hardware, such as satellites and human-occupied space craft that interact with the Van Allen Belts.
Design Begins On Twin Probes That Will Study Radiation Belts
By Jennifer Huergo
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 30, 2008NASA will launch two identical probes into the radiation belts to provide unprecedented insight into the physical dynamics of near-Earth space, where violent space weather can affect astronauts, satellites and even ground-based technologies. Researchers and engineers at Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory and a number of other institutions have begun detailed design of NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission, or RBSP. APL will build and operate the twin probes, which are scheduled for a 2011 launch and a primary mission of two years.
Catch you on the backside!
Janice Manning
