September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
..., or the budgets, of having dedicated spacecraft missions. The most immediately relevant objects for planetary defence are asteroids of an intermediate scale, ones on the order of a few hundred metres. The impact of such objects could cause regional...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... space companies more creative, more productive and better structured to cope with them. All near-Earth asteroid discoveries as of 5 January Technologies for planetary defence It is ironic that, at a time when human knowledge and technology have...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... of modern infrastructure around the world from a massive coronal mass ejection, to total destruction of a species by a gigantic comet or asteroid that could wipe out life as we know it. McGill University’s Global Space Governance Study lists the top...
30 June 2015
Debating Asteroid Day: NEOs, Dr. Brian May, the Catalina Sky Survey and more
...while you’re at it). The general perception was that the asteroid threat was an appropriate topic for summer blockbusters – as ... Gabriel. Not everyone in the scientific community believes that asteroids pose a serious threat to us right now, however....
03 February 2016
Luxembourg announces plan to mine asteroids
... of Luxembourg’s potential commercial partners. Planetary Resources have already made the first 3D printed object made from asteroid material to showcase how future space pioneers can utilise natural resources found in space. [http://room.eu.com...
11 January 2016
Space Mining company showcase the first 3D printed object made from asteroid metals
... and CEO of Planetary Resources, in a recent interview at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV. Planetary resources is an asteroid mining company whose goal is to expand the economy of humanity into space through the use and pursuit...
