Honestly, with LSST coming online in the next few months, and NEO Surveyor on the way in the next decade, I think we are pretty set already for observational instruments. The big gap that I see is in software.
(I work on asteroid detection for planetary defense professionally)
>I work on asteroid detection for planetary defense professionally
Cool. I am a software engineer with nearly 40 years professional experience. I wondered if volunteering to work on an open source software related to planetary defense might be an interesting retirement project.
(I work on asteroid detection for planetary defense professionally)