Keith’s note: NASA has a Planetary Defense Program. They want to find asteroids that might pose a risk before they pose a threat. The other day the Vera Rubin Observatory […]
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NASAWatch On Al Jazeera: Punching Asteroids
Keith’s note: I was on Al Jazeera Arabic again – this time doing a follow-up on the DART mission news and explaining the value of both detecting and deflecting potentially […]
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NEO Preparedness Strategy Released
National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy “The National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy (Strategy) and the forthcoming National NearEarth Object Preparedness Action Plan (Action Plan) together seek to improve our Nation’s preparedness […]
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Rich Smart Guy Challenges NEOWISE Data (Update)
Asteroid thermal modeling in the presence of reflected sunlight with an application to WISE/NEOWISE observational data, arxiv.org (Revised version) “As a result, the new analysis finds asteroid diameter and other […]
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Americans Can Now Legally Mine Asteroids
President Obama Signs Bill Recognizing Asteroid Resource Property Rights into Law, Planetary Resources “Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining company, applauds President Obama who signed the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness […]
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Talking About Asteroids on SLOOH
NASA: Two SLS Launches Likely Needed For $3 billion+ ARM, earlier post “At today’s Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) telecon, I asked Lindley Johnson via Webex “Can you show the […]
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Can Congress Authorize Mining On Asteroids?
Is Space Mining Legal?, Popular Science “In May, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would give asteroid mining companies property rights to the minerals they extract from space. […]
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Defending the Earth from Asteroids (Webcast)
Defending the Earth from Asteroids (Webcast) Watch live today at 11 am EDT – Neil deGrasse Tyson, Hayden Planetarium – Thomas Jones, former NASA astronaut – Russell Schweickart, former NASA […]
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Asteroid Un-conference Hosted by B612 Foundation Today
From B612 Foundation: “Since the government got shut down and NASA canceled the remainder of the asteroid workshop in Houston today and tomorrow, B612 decided to just go ahead and […]