• PR on Recent Workshop on Planetary Defense Policy Workshop with SWF/NASA/UN/ASE

    Updated: 2011-08-30 18:36:00
    : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 30 August 2011 PR on Recent Workshop on Planetary Defense Policy Workshop with SWF NASA UN ASE From the press release from Secure World Foundation A workshop has brought together leading representatives from space agencies and international experts to discuss key issues related to global response and cooperation in the event of a Near Earth Object NEO impact threat to . Earth The gathering of specialists took place August 25-26 in Pasadena , California . The meeting was co-organized and co-sponsored by Action Team-14, part of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space UN COPUOS Scientific

  • New Papers on low delta-V asteroids, asteroid mission measurement requirements, Human mission NEO targets, and detection of radiation pressure

    Updated: 2011-08-30 17:04:00
    : , , , This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 30 August 2011 New Papers on low delta-V asteroids , asteroid mission measurement requirements , Human mission NEO targets , and detection of radiation pressure Several new papers . PAPER : REFERENCE Physical characterisation of low delta-V asteroid 175706 1996 FG3 Authors : Stephen D . Wolters , Ben Rozitis , Samuel R . Duddy , Stephen C . Lowry , Simon F . Green , Colin Snodgrass , Olivier R . Hainaut , Paul Weissman Submitted on 08 Aug 2011 Abstract : Asteroid 175706 1996 FG3 is a binary asteroid and the baseline target for the proposed MarcoPolo-R sample-return mission . We present thermal IR

  • Paper: Capturing Near Earth Objects

    Updated: 2011-08-29 05:31:00
    : : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 29 August 2011 Paper : Capturing Near Earth Objects From the MIT Technology Review article of a new paper from Baoyin , et al called Capturing Near Earth Objects Most of the discussion about near Earth asteroids focuses on whether they represent a threat to Earth and what to do take if they turn out to be heading our way . But today , Hexi Baoyin and pals at Tsinghua University in Beijing offer a different take . The question they ask is how to place an asteroid in orbit around the Earth . Their conclusion is a little surprising . They say it's relatively straightforward to nudge a small asteroid in our

  • Job Posting in Planetary Defense: Minor Planet Center (MPC) looking for IT Specialist

    Updated: 2011-08-29 04:56:00
    : : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 28 August 2011 Job Posting in Planetary Defense : Minor Planet Center MPC looking for IT Specialist An IT specialist job announcement from the Minor Planet Center MPC From Wikipedia Under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union , the MPC is the official organization in charge of collecting observational data for minor planets asteroids and comets , calculating their orbits and publishing this information via the Minor Planet Circulars . The MPC is part of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory SAO at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Here is the MPC link as well as the USAJOBS

  • Applications for the GSA Planetary Science Division’s Eugene M. Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award are due September 9, 2011

    Updated: 2011-08-27 04:25:00
    : . This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 26 August 2011 Applications for the GSA Planetary Science Division’s Eugene M . Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award are due September 9, 2011 From Dr . David A . Kring , . Ph.D at the Center for Lunar Science amp Exploration at the USRA Lunar and Planetary Institute . Applications for the GSA Planetary Science Division’s Eugene M . Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award are due September 9, 2011. The Eugene M . Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award is for undergraduate or graduate students , of any nationality , working in any country , in the disciplines of geology , geophysics , geochemistry , astronomy , or biology . The

  • Space Florida gets new board of directors

    Updated: 2011-08-26 22:18:45
    Space Florida, the state agency that promotes space business in Florida, has a new board of directors freshly appointed by Gov. Rick Scott and legislative leaders and led by Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll. Space Florida announced the new board this afternoon. The new board includes few members directly involved in the space industry but does include a [...]

  • Next Pixar Film in 2013: Earth if K-T Extinction Event Did Not Happen

    Updated: 2011-08-22 06:02:00
    : : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 22 August 2011 Next Pixar Film in 2013 : Earth if K-T Extinction Event Did Not Happen The next Pixar film will involve a scenario where the K-T extinction event did not happen , and the resulting consequences for evolution on planet Earth . From the article Pixar films with explore two new worlds in two upcoming films the land of dinosaurs and the world inside the human mind filmmakers announced at the D23 Expo 2011 . Saturday The fan exposition in Anaheim , Calif . featured the announcement of the two yet untitled movies as executives promoted the entire Disney Pixar . slate The untitled dinosaur film will be

  • Masters Thesis: Design of a Surface Albedo Modification Payload for Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Mitigation

    Updated: 2011-08-21 23:35:00
    : : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 21 August 2011 Masters Thesis : Design of a Surface Albedo Modification Payload for Near Earth Asteroid NEA Mitigation A new Masters thesis paper from student Shen Ge at Texas A M University called Design of a Surface Albedo Modification Payload for Near Earth Asteroid NEA Mitigation PAPER : REFERENCE Design of a Surface Albedo Modification Payload for Near Earth Asteroid NEA Mitigation Authors : Shen Ge Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in Aerospace Engineering August 2011 Abstract : The development

  • Paper: Orbital dispersion and Earth-impact probability analysis for fragmented asteroids

    Updated: 2011-08-21 23:28:00
    : : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 21 August 2011 Paper : Orbital dispersion and Earth-impact probability analysis for fragmented asteroids A new paper from Lee , et al called Orbital dispersion and Earth-impact probability analysis for fragmented asteroids PAPER : REFERENCE Orbital dispersion and Earth-impact probability analysis for fragmented asteroids Authors : Daero Lee(a John E . Cochran Jr . b and Tas Soo No(c a . Wind Power Grid-Adaptive Technology Research Center , Chonbuk National University , Jeonju 560-756, Republic of Korea b . Department of Aerospace Engineering , Auburn University , Auburn , AL 36849, USA c . Department of

  • Paper: Optimal impact strategies for asteroid deflection

    Updated: 2011-08-21 23:23:00
    : : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 21 August 2011 Paper : Optimal impact strategies for asteroid deflection A new paper from Vasile , et al called Optimal impact strategies for asteroid deflection PAPER : REFERENCE Optimal impact strategies for asteroid deflection Authors : Massimiliano Vasile , Camilla Colombo Submitted on 25 Apr 2011 Abstract:This paper presents an analysis of optimal impact strategies to deflect potentially dangerous asteroids . To compute the increase in the minimum orbit intersection distance of the asteroid due to an impact with a spacecraft , simple analytical formulas are derived from proximal motion equations . The

  • Ed Lu at TEDxNASA@SiliconValley 2011 on asteroid detection

    Updated: 2011-08-20 04:27:00
    From ZDNet Smart Planet....At TEDxNASA in San Francisco, former astronaut and physicist Ed Lu discusses the need to develop an early-warning and precision tracking/guidance system to prevent asteroids from hitting the planet.

  • Media Confusion on ESA Don Quijote Mission

    Updated: 2011-08-18 10:14:16
    : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 17 August 2011 Media Confusion on ESA Don Quijote Mission A recent spate of news articles over the last 1-2 days needed some clarification regarding the ESA asteroid mission Don Quijote . I have noticed an inordinate amount of web articles on this mission yesterday and today August 16-17 several years after it was analyzed as a potential mission concept . study From some preliminary investigating it seems as if some of the articles blogs that have carried this new item across the planet have indicated that the asteroid Apophis is a mission target which it was not and suggesting that the mission is more truly

  • Paper: Measurement requirements for a near-Earth asteroid impact mitigation demonstration mission

    Updated: 2011-08-18 06:48:00
    : : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 18 August 2011 Paper : Measurement requirements for a near-Earth asteroid impact mitigation demonstration mission From the MIT Technology Review article of a new paper from Wolters , et al called Measurement requirements for a near-Earth asteroid impact mitigation demonstration mission In 2002, the European Space Agency began a program called Don Quijote to find out how best to perform such a deflection . Don Quijote involves sending two spacecraft to a near Earth asteroid one to smash into it and the other to watch while in orbit above the impact crater . The goal is to change the asteroid's semimajor axis by

  • Paper: Utilization of H-reversal Trajectory of Solar Sail for Asteroid Deflection

    Updated: 2011-08-18 06:44:00
    : : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 18 August 2011 Paper : Utilization of H-reversal Trajectory of Solar Sail for Asteroid Deflection From the MIT Technology Review article of a new paper from Gong , et al called Utilization of H-reversal Trajectory of Solar Sail for Asteroid Deflection Apophis is a 46 million tonne asteroid that will pass within a hair's breath of Earth in 2029. However , Apophis's trajectory is likely to take it through a region of space near Earth known as a keyhole that will ensure the asteroid returns in 2036. Nobody knows how close Apophis will come on that pass . But if there's a chance of a collision , we'll have only 7

  • Cooke to leave NASA in October

    Updated: 2011-08-16 20:26:17
    WASHINGTON –Top NASA official Doug Cooke announced today that he will retire from the agency Oct. 3 after nearly four decades at the agency, including his most recent stint as head of the agency’s exploration division. His departure has been months in the making as NASA has moved to merge his division with space operations. The [...]

  • As the Asteroid Turns …

    Updated: 2011-08-11 20:16:10
    By Marc Rayman NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has just arrived at its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta. Each month, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares an update on the mission’s progress. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of the giant asteroid Vesta with its framing camera on July 24, 2011. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA › See more images [...]

  • Slice of History: IBM 360 Computer System

    Updated: 2011-08-08 18:20:19
    By Julie Cooper Each month in “Slice of History” we feature a historical photo from the JPL Archives. See more historical photos and explore the JPL Archives at https://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov/. IBM 360 Computer System — Photograph Number P-24197A The IBM 360 Model 75 computer system was used for more than 10 years in the Space Flight Operations Facility at [...]

  • NASA launches Juno spacecraft on Atlas V

    Updated: 2011-08-05 15:56:03
    NASA successfully sent the $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to begin its five-year trip to the planet Jupiter. The launch was originally slated for 11:34 a.m., but a hydrogen leak and a boat that encroached on the safety zone pushed the launch nearly an hour [...]

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