JPL planning for Deep Space Network that runs on laser light

Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory believe that an optical network of lasers and telescopes is one way to meet the growing demand for deep space tracking as NASA's "faster-better-cheaper" approach to spacecraft development scatters more and more probes around the solar system. The broadband...

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