UALR Gets $750,000 From NASA For Future Missions
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Updated: November 20, 2012
A Little Rock scientist is helping NASA find its way around on other worlds.
The space agency is awarding $750,000 to Cang Ye's department at the University of Arkansas to develop a 3-D Flash Lidar.
He has three years to come up with a prototype that can map landscapes, navigate rovers or robots and measure distances using infrared technology.
"Lidar" stands for Light Detection and Ranging. It incorporates lasers to analyze data.
According to a news release statement from NASA, the agency awarded a combined total of $12.6 million dollars for 17 proposed projects from 15 universities and organizations.
The space agency is awarding $750,000 to Cang Ye's department at the University of Arkansas to develop a 3-D Flash Lidar.
He has three years to come up with a prototype that can map landscapes, navigate rovers or robots and measure distances using infrared technology.
"Lidar" stands for Light Detection and Ranging. It incorporates lasers to analyze data.
According to a news release statement from NASA, the agency awarded a combined total of $12.6 million dollars for 17 proposed projects from 15 universities and organizations.
