A new way for satellites and rovers to study a planet. Today, Earth. Tomorrow, the moon, Mars and beyond.
"EO-1 is a new breed of satellite that can think for itself. ‘We programmed it to notice things that change (like the plume of a volcano) and take appropriate action,’ Chien explains. EO-1 can re-organize its own priorities to study volcanic eruptions, flash-floods, forest fires, disintegrating sea-ice—in short, anything unexpected."
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 