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NASA's Top 5 Technical Challenges Countdown: #4: Improved Navigation


But in space, like on the Moon or Mars, we have…none of that. Zero. No GPS satellites, no globe-spanning networks. Just radio broadcasts from command centers here on Earth to tell our robots and crews what to do.

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