NASA Is Using Tech From The Columbia Crash Investigation To See How Trees Fail

Stereo photogrammetry will tell engineers if a tree falls in the forest. Stereo photogrammetry is a process used to determine the strain on a certain structure, which is why it was used to investigate the causes of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. But NASA engineers--including one who worked on that investigation--are looking into using it to determine how and why trees fall. If you can gather and analyze data about how trees stress and break in a hurricane or snowstorm, you might be able to...