Motherboard's video: Meet the NASA Engineer Trying to Stop Space Hackers The Space Show

Kenneth F. Harris II is a 28-year-old engineer at NASA. His job is to defend satellites in orbit. The threats include physical attacks by enemy satellites in space and cyber threats sent from anywhere on Earth. Satellite technology is essential to keep modern civilization humming, and Harris is an expert at keeping orbital assets fully operational. Watch more from this series: Inside the Fastest Spaceship Ever Made https://youtu.be/MegG5jFNRmQ NASA Is Building a Space Station Around the Moon https://youtu.be/Uxq406Bd7T8 The First Private Space Mission to Venus https://youtu.be/U7iVs0Cq84M Subscribe to MOTHERBOARD: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-To-MOTHERBOARD Follow MOTHERBOARD Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/motherboardtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/motherboard Tumblr: http://motherboardtv.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/motherboardvice More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo