Bytemarks Cafe: PAN Starrs

By Burt Lum

Published November 10, 2021 at 5:02 PM HST

Today we'll catch up with the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System or PAN Starrs on Haleakala. With support from NASA, we'll find out how PAN Starrs is tracking and mapping asteroids to keep the Earth safe from potential collisions.

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Burt Lum

Burt Lum is the host of Bytemarks Café. Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. on HPR-1.

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