Abstract

Humans have long used the light of stars to guide them toward their destinations. But in the age of extraterrestrial exploration, it could be the pulses of X-rays from dead stars that guide us through deep space. A NASA team recently built a critical system that will finally let them test such an interplanetary GPS. A version of the system could be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) as early as 2017.

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