Keith’s note: Apparently the NASA webcast of the asteroid flyby last week may have set some all time records. Funny thing: NASA is supposed to be planning a mission to […]
NEO
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NEO Flyby
NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid “NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, […]
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B612 Foundation Moves Ahead With NEO Mission
B612 Foundation Forms Independent Sentinel Special Review Team (with full Space Act Agreement text) “The SSRT will provide technical advice and assistance during the development and operations of the Sentinel […]
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NASA's NEO Detection Mission
NASA Request for Information for a Mission of Opportunity to Aid in the Detection of Very-Near Earth Asteroids “NASA HEOMD and SMD, through the Joint Robotic Precursor Activity (JRPA) office, […]
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B612 Foundation Announces SENTINEL Mission
B612 Foundation Announces First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission “In a press conference at the California Academy of Sciences Thursday morning, the B612 Foundation unveiled its plans to build, launch, […]
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Private Asteroid Telescope To Be Launched
B612 Foundation to Announce First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission “Announcement: On June 28, 2012, the B612 Foundation will announce its plans to build, operate and launch the world’s first […]
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Is Planetary Resources Using a NASA Report As a Business Plan?
Asteroid Mining Plans Revealed by Planetary Resources, Inc. (with video) “Planetary Resources, Inc. announced today its plan to mine Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) for raw materials, ranging from water to precious […]
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Making Sure We Don't Get Hit
Evacuation? Surely we can do better!, B612 Foundation “The other day we had a couple of small asteroids narrowly miss hitting the Earth, and we only discovered them about a […]
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New NASA Near Earth Objects Characterization Effort
NASA GSFC Solicitation: High Power Uplink (Near Earth Objects Characterization) “NASA/HQ has a requirement to provide high resolution, high power uplink capability at Ka-band for the use in characterizing Near […]
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Visiting Plymouth Rock Via Dual Orions
‘Plymouth Rock’ Human Asteroid Trek Proposed for 2019, Ken Kremer “‘Plymouth Rock’ is the name of an ambitious new concept for an early human mission to explore a Near Earth […]