Paying Attention to a Very Real Threat
A Call to (Considered) Action, Russell L. Schweickart, Chairman, B612 Foundation
“The purpose of this paper is to call upon the Congress of the United States to initiate, via the National Research Council or other appropriate body, a formal analysis of the circumstances presented by the close encounter between the Earth and asteroid 2004MN4 in April 2029, and the potential for a subsequent collision with Earth in 2036.”
