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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NASA Will Be Totally Absent From Global Asteroid Day Event
Introducing Asteroid Day, ESA “The press conference to reveal the events and partners for Asteroid Day 2016 is due to start on Tuesday, 9 February at 1500 CET (1400 UTC). […]
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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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Asteroid Defense Stupidity at Forbes
NASA Wakes Up: Saving Earth From Killer Asteroids Is A Waste “The answer to the first question should we be monitoring what’s out there is yes, but not with the […]
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NASA Cancels B612 Sentinel Agreement and Then Picks JPL NEOCam
NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Planetary Mission “NASA has selected five science investigations for refinement during the next year as a first step in choosing one or two missions […]
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Earth's Comet Hunting Blind Spot
Earth at risk after cuts close comet-spotting program, scientists warn, The Guardian “The Earth has been left with a huge blind spot for potentially devastating comet strikes after the only […]
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OIG: NASA NEO Program is Inefficient and Lacks Oversight
NASA’s Efforts to Identify Near-Earth Objects and Mitigate Hazards “NASA has organized its NEO Program under a single Program Executive who manages a loosely structured conglomerate of research activities that […]
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2014 BA3 – Possible Asteroid Robotic Retrieval Mission Target?
2014 BA3 Goldstone Radar Observations Planning “2014 BA3 was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey (Arizona) on January 21, 2014. It has an absolute magnitude of 28.3 suggesting a diameter […]
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Asteroid Impacts Are More Common Than We Thought
Chelyabinsk Meteoroid Airburst Event Yields Crucial Data “A team of NASA and international scientists for the first time have gathered a detailed understanding of the effects on Earth from a […]