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GIANT stands for Goddard Image Analysis and Navigation Tool, and it is basically an optical navigation software. That's right, it uses images snapped by cameras, lidar, and other sensors to find the best way forward, kind of like we humans do when we use our eyes to see where we're going.

Simply put, GIANT only needs a picture of the target to be able to determine distance, the mass and center of a spinning object, and even identify landmarks on the surface of a celestial body. Three-dimensional maps of potential landing zones can also be generated, complete with potential hazards.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Scientific method = stumbled on?

[โ€“] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Years of scientific method, design, testing, and development reduced to an accident by a reporter.

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

I hate science journalism...

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Many great discovers were made by accident. This isn't one of them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I play heavenly bodies on pc, so I'm fully qualified to expand on this topic, and even I don't understand it.