• B612 Foundation's Sentinel Private Space Telescope Announcement

    Updated: 2012-06-28 16:03:00
    : 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 June 2012 B612 Foundation's Sentinel Private Space Telescope Announcement The B612 Foundation has updated their website in preparation for their announcement of their private Space Telescope project . Their web page has multiple updates , including a press kit with an overview presentation and data . sheet Features of their : telescope Most capable NEO detection system in operation 200 deg anti-sun Field of Regard , with a 2×5.5 deg Field of View at any point in time : scans 165 square degrees per hour looking for moving objects Precise pointing accuracy to sub-pixel resolution for imaging revisit , using the

  • NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group Meeting #7, July 10-11, Pasadena CA

    Updated: 2012-06-22 22:31:00
    : 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 22 June 2012 NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group Meeting 7, July 10-11, Pasadena CA Message from the organizers about the upcoming 7th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group SBAG will be at the Westin Pasadena Hotel in Pasadena , . CA Registration is now open . Go to : http : tinyurl.com bo5v3nd The agenda and other information will be posted at the SBAG website shortly : http : www.lpi.usra.edu sbag Topics will include discussions : of Small Bodies Roadmap status- Strategic Knowledge Gaps for the Asteroid First Human Exploration Scenario Strategic Knowledge Gaps Associated with Potential Human

  • Near-Earth asteroid twice as big as previously thought

    Updated: 2012-06-22 18:00:10
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Natural born scientist The secret of nym Near-Earth asteroid twice as big as previously thought On June 14, 2012, the asteroid 2012 LZ1 passed the Earth . It missed us by a wide margin over 5 million kilometers 3 million miles so there was no danger of impact . While it does get near us every now and again , using current orbital measurements we know we’re safe from an impact by this particular rock for at least 750 years . . Phew Good thing , too . New observations using the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico indicate LZ1 is bigger than we first thought . Much bigger :

  • Science Getaways: Dark skies

    Updated: 2012-06-21 17:38:19
    : Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS An unusual view of the Death Star moon What to make of the Chinese space effort Science Getaways : Dark skies I got an email recently from BABloggee Mark Sunderland , pointing out this photo to me . It shows the Toronto skyline with the Milky Way and thousands of stars blazing behind . it I had to chuckle : the picture is obviously fake and now the caption at Flickr says as much , though it didn’t when I first saw it There’s no way you could see the Milky Way from a city like Toronto . The city lights flood the air with illumination , lighting up the sky and drowning out

  • B612 Foundation To Announce First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission

    Updated: 2012-06-19 22:47:00
    : 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 19 June 2012 B612 Foundation To Announce First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission From the B612 Foundation Media Advisory B612 FOUNDATION TO ANNOUNCE FIRST PRIVATELY FUNDED DEEP SPACE MISSION Who : The B612 Foundation What : Press Conference to Launch the B612 Foundation and Sentinel Space Telescope Mission-the first privately funded deep space . mission When : Thursday , June 28, 2012 8:30 AM 11:00 AM PT Where : Morrison Planetarium , California Academy of Sciences , 55 Music Concourse Drive , San Francisco , CA , in Golden Gate Park . Pay Parking in CA Academy Garage Announcement : On June 28, 2012, the B612

  • NASA Releases Workshop Data And Findings On Asteroid 2011 AG5

    Updated: 2012-06-15 18:40:00
    : 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 15 June 2012 NASA Releases Workshop Data And Findings On Asteroid 2011 AG5 A recent NASA workshop has indicated that Asteroid 2011 AG5 a 140 m wide asteroid discovered in early 2011, has a very small chance 0.2 that it could impact the Earth in February 2040. Attendees expressed confidence that in the next four years , analysis of space and ground-based observations will show the likelihood of 2011 AG5 missing Earth to be greater than 99 . percent There is a NASA news release on this workshop . nbsp Here are several PDF documents from the workshop at NASA Goddard : Asteroid 2011 AG5 Documents May-June 2012 JPL

  • Various recent technical papers including on asteroid deflection and identification

    Updated: 2012-06-13 02:09:00
    : 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 12 June 2012 Various recent technical papers including on asteroid deflection and identification Various recent technical papers including on asteroid deflection and . identification Title : Design of a Formation of Solar Pumped Lasers for Asteroid Deflection Author(s Massimiliano Vasile , Chrisite Maddock Abstract : This paper presents the design of a multi-spacecraft system for the deflection of asteroids . Each spacecraft is equipped with a fibre laser and a solar concentrator . The laser induces the sublimation of a portion of the surface of the asteroid . The jet of gas and debris thrusts the asteroid off

  • Move An Asteroid 2012 Competition International Student and Young Professional Technical Paper Competition

    Updated: 2012-06-13 01:58:00
    : 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 12 June 2012 Move An Asteroid 2012 Competition International Student and Young Professional Technical Paper Competition An update on the Move An Asteroid 2012 Competition International Student and Young Professional Technical Paper Competition administered by the Space Generation Advisory Council . This competition challenges students and young professionals worldwide to come up with original ideas relating to Earth-threatening Near Earth Objects NEOs The goal of this competition is to describe an innovative idea relating to one or more of these three : areas The safe deflection of an Earth-bound NEO The

  • Fiction Book from Edward M. Lerner on Space Solar Power Satellites

    Updated: 2012-06-10 00:09:00
    : . 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 09 June 2012 Fiction Book from Edward M . Lerner on Space Solar Power Satellites Edward M . Lerner has a new fiction book entitled Energized coming out in July 2012 on Solar Power Satellites and how they help humanity in a future energy crisis . Here are some details from Amazon.com No one expected the oil to last forever . How right they were A geopolitical miscalculation tainted the world's major oil fields with radioactivity and plunged the Middle East into chaos . Any oil that remains usable is more prized than ever . No one can build solar farms , wind farms , and electric cars quickly enough to cope .

  • New Don Yeomans book ("Near-Earth Objects: Finding Them Before They Find Us") on planetary defense coming out in November 2012

    Updated: 2012-06-10 00:04:00
    : : 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 09 June 2012 New Don Yeomans book Near-Earth Objects : Finding Them Before They Find Us on planetary defense coming out in November 2012 Donald K . Yeomans Manager , NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL has a new book entitled Near-Earth Objects : Finding Them Before They Find Us coming out in November 2012. Here are some details from Amazon.com Of all the natural disasters that could befall us , only an Earth impact by a large comet or asteroid has the potential to end civilization in a single blow . Yet these near-Earth objects also offer tantalizing clues to our solar system's origins , and

  • Call for Papers for 2013 Planetary Defense Conference Near Meteor Crater, AZ USA (Theme: Gathering for Impact!”)

    Updated: 2012-06-09 23:38:00
    : , : 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 09 June 2012 Call for Papers for 2013 Planetary Defense Conference Near Meteor Crater , AZ USA Theme : Gathering for Impact The preliminary website and call for papers for the 2013 IAA Planetary Defense Conference has been released . The conference will be 15-19 April 2013 in Flagstaff , Arizona near Meteor Crater This a continuation of the Planetary Defense conferences that have been held in the past few years in 2004, 2007, 2009, and 2011 Here is more information on the 2011 conference presentation from Bill Ailor and the 2011 conference website From the IAA website for the 2013 Planetary Defense

  • Russian KAPKAN and KAISSA Asteroid Intercept Mission Design

    Updated: 2012-06-09 02:59:00
    : 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 08 June 2012 Russian KAPKAN and KAISSA Asteroid Intercept Mission Design From a presentation last year from V.G.Degtyar , V.A.Volkov , S.T.Kalashnikov on the Russian KAPKAN and KAISSA mission design for observation , penetration , and nuclear mitigation spacecraft approaches . The spacecraft are defined as : follows 1 KAPKAN Universal spacecraft UKA containing one or more impact modules capable to break a HSO or decline its orbit 2 KAISSA Reconnaissance space vehicle containing one or more information modules planned to be used to analyze the structure and composition of a hazardous asteroid on the trajectory of

  • British Astronomical Association Meeting on Observing Asteroids and Comets (06 Oct 2012)

    Updated: 2012-06-07 18:28:00
    : 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 07 June 2012 British Astronomical Association Meeting on Observing Asteroids and Comets 06 Oct 2012 From a Minor Planet Mailing List mpml post OBSERVING PROJECTS WITH ASTEROID-COMET CONNECTIONS A joint meeting of the Comet Section and Asteroids and Remote Planets Section of the BAA at 10.00-17.00 hrs on Saturday , 2012 October 6 at the Berrill Lecture Theatre , Berrill Building , The Open , University Walton Hall , Milton Keynes MK7 6AA , United Kingdom Topics to : include Methods in common for observing asteroids and comets Discovering comets and asteroids Comets masquerading as asteroids Asteroids masquerading

  • Report: New Report: Hazardous Near Earth Objects - Communicating the Risk

    Updated: 2012-06-05 06:31:00
    : : : 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 05 June 2012 Report : New Report : Hazardous Near Earth Objects Communicating the Risk New report from the Secure World Foundation on NEO Hazard Communication . Highlights from their news release To deal with potentially hazardous Near Earth Objects NEOs that could strike the Earth , there is need to establish an effective international communications strategy but doing so is a daunting task , one that demands effective use of mass communication tools . That key view is addressed in The Near Earth Object Media Risk Communications Working Group Report issued by Secure World Foundation . The report and its

  • Dawn Goes Over ‘n’ Out

    Updated: 2012-06-04 18:03:55
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft investigates its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. On May 3, 2011, the mapping camera on NASA’s Dawn spacecraft captured its first image (left) of the giant asteroid Vesta. Only 5 pixels across, the image didn’t provide [...]

  • Slice of History: Something is Missing …

    Updated: 2012-06-04 17:22:01
    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/. Something is Missing … — Photograph Number JB-16114B To anyone who came to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., after 1975, this photo may seem odd – [...]

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