LiDAR Space Technology and Lost Civilizations Archeology

“2001: A Space Odyssey” was a big deal during my growing-up years. First, the book; then the movie. The full circle of childhood imagination and space exploration. A cherry on top was our physics teacher’s assignment.

Back then, we didn’t have Amazon, but we had friends and neighbors. So, I went to school pushing a baby doll stroller filled with domino cubes. What in the world was this supposed to mean? My physics teacher was shocked, and my school buddies were entertained. Well, a stroller represents Earth, and dominoes are monoliths. Yeah, I had a lot of explaining to do.

Our planet is still a baby. There’s so much we don’t know about it. Thus, a stroller. Instead of monoliths in space, we should explore Earth’s hidden secrets. There are so many of them waiting to be unearthed ...