The Stuff That
Is Made Of
Los Alamos physicist Geoffrey Reeves knows
that the space just outside of Earth’s protective
atmosphere is a tempestuous, radiation-filled
environment that can knock an orbiting satel-
lite dead. So Reeves and a small team developed
DREAM: software that gives satellite operators
a heads up about the conditions surrounding
their spacecraft and, thus, a chance to prepare
for the worst of space-stormy weather.
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