Planners surprised by aspects of U.S. satellite shootdown
The recent missile takedown of an ailing U.S. satellite showed that there’s still a lot the experts don’t know about what happens in space. “We didn’t predict an explosion,” says Rear Adm. Brad Hicks, U.S. Navy manager of the Aegis air and space defense program. “But the hydrazine tank did burn for...
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