Astronaut Dr. Ed Lu has flown the space shuttle, lived on the International Space Station and helped build Google Maps. Now he and his team at B612’s Asteroid Institute are working to create a mapping of the solar system. In this episode of Star Stuff, Ed joins Lowell astronomer Dr. Nick Moskovitz and historian Kevin Schindler to discuss how a small engineering team is developing tools to turn vast amounts of data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory into precise asteroid orbits. They also explore B612’s journey from its early beginnings in 2000 to its current work supporting advances in asteroid discovery and solar system exploration.
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