Miyazaki in the sky with Gundam: Japan’s astronomical otaku have been naming …ROCKETNEWS24When a new asteroid is discovered and its orbit is established, the right to name that floating chunk of matter is given to the astronomer who found it.…
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NASA Teams With Asteroid-Mining Company to Crowdsource Space Rock Hunt – Space.com
Space.com NASA Teams With Asteroid-Mining Company to Crowdsource Space Rock HuntSpace.comNASA is partnering with the billionaire-backed company Planetary Resources Inc., to launch asteroid-hunting competitions, and they want your help. Then U.S. space agency and the asteroid-mining firm are seeking to…
You Read It Here First: George Will Cites CNN on Global Warming Causing … – NewsBusters (blog)
NewsBusters (blog) You Read It Here First: George Will Cites CNN on Global Warming Causing …NewsBusters (blog)George Will marveled in his column late last week over how “a CNN anchor wondered if an asteroid that passed by Earth on Feb.…
Iowa State University professor has plan to fight off asteroids – Omaha World-Herald
KCRG Iowa State University professor has plan to fight off asteroidsOmaha World-HeraldEngineering professor Bong Wie, who works with a team at the Asteroid Deflection Research Center in Ames, wants to use a nuclear device to stop an asteroid from hurtling…
ISU prof has plan to save humanity from asteroids – kwwl.com
ISU prof has plan to save humanity from asteroidskwwl.comAn Iowa State University professor has a plan for saving humanity from a devastating asteroid collision, and he’ll soon meet with officials at NASA to discuss his proposal. Engineering professor Bong Wie…
Source: AWIN First – Aviation Week
Aviation Week Source: AWIN FirstAviation WeekNASA and startup Planetary Resources, Inc. have formed the first public/private partnership under the space agency’s Asteroid Grand Challenge (AGC) initiative to accelerate the search for near-Earth objects (NEOs) that pose a collision threat by…
North Korea plans space missions to Moon, Mars and asteroids – Pravda
BusinessKorea North Korea plans space missions to Moon, Mars and asteroidsPravdaNorth Korea announced an intention to launch its own space rocket no later than in 2020. Reportedly, the National Space Committee of the republic approved the revised space program of…
The Outer Space Gold Rush: Asteroid Mining Could Be The Next Big Industry In … – iScienceTimes.com
iScienceTimes.com The Outer Space Gold Rush: Asteroid Mining Could Be The Next Big Industry In …iScienceTimes.comAccording to Reuters, two of those companies are planning prospecting missions to nearby asteroids within three years. And this month, a company executive in Nevada…
NASA crowdsources asteroid detection – allvoices
ExecutiveGov NASA crowdsources asteroid detectionallvoices“The foundation of the asteroid grand challenge is partnerships like this one,” said Jason Kessler, program executive for the asteroid grand challenge. “It fits the core purpose of the grand challenge perfectly: Find innovative ways to…
Asteroid 2013 NJ Whizzed by Earth Today Closer than Anything Else on NASA's … – Geekosystem
ExecutiveGov Asteroid 2013 NJ Whizzed by Earth Today Closer than Anything Else on NASA’s …GeekosystemAsteroid 2013 NJ is just one object on NASA’s list of near-Earth objects, but it’s remarkable in that it flew by significantly closer than anything else…