ForgotPassword?
Sign Up
Search this Topic:
Posts: 1814
Dec 18 15 6:39 AM
Interact
Posts: 27143
Dec 20 15 9:37 AM
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Dec 21 15 9:08 AM
http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/12/17/asteroid-headed-near-earth-christmas-eve/
Jan 6 16 2:56 PM
PROPOSALS are underway to build a telescope that could save the human race from a deadly space attackThe NEOCam infrared telescope could help space agencies find asteroids which could cause severe damage to the Earth.The plan is one of five schemes battling for funding as part of Nasa’s Discovery programme.
The NEOCam infrared telescope could help space agencies find asteroids which could cause severe damage to the Earth.
The plan is one of five schemes battling for funding as part of Nasa’s Discovery programme.
Read more @ http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/631619/Telescope-Nasa-asteroid?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link
Jan 13 16 5:38 PM
Jan 20 16 5:16 PM
From 2012 to 2015, Russia researched ways of deflecting Earth-bound asteroids using nuclear weapons and came up with a best-case scenario, The Telegraph reports. The Central Scientific Research Institute of Machine Building, an arm of Russia's state-run Roscosmos space agency, worked on the asteroid problem with other countries (including the United States) in a program called NEOShield, which was largely funded by the European Commission. Note that "NEO" in this case stands for "Near-Earth Object," not The One you're probably imagining. Russia was tasked with investigating interstellar nuclear-defense options under NEOShield from 2012 to 2015. Its scientists concluded that the safest way to move an asteroid with a nuke would be to carry out the detonation in deep space. This wouldn't destroy the asteroid, but the explosion would hopefully push the giant space rock out of Earth's path.
From 2012 to 2015, Russia researched ways of deflecting Earth-bound asteroids using nuclear weapons and came up with a best-case scenario, The Telegraph reports. The Central Scientific Research Institute of Machine Building, an arm of Russia's state-run Roscosmos space agency, worked on the asteroid problem with other countries (including the United States) in a program called NEOShield, which was largely funded by the European Commission. Note that "NEO" in this case stands for "Near-Earth Object," not The One you're probably imagining.
Russia was tasked with investigating interstellar nuclear-defense options under NEOShield from 2012 to 2015. Its scientists concluded that the safest way to move an asteroid with a nuke would be to carry out the detonation in deep space. This wouldn't destroy the asteroid, but the explosion would hopefully push the giant space rock out of Earth's path.
Read more @ http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/18/russia-has-plans-to-nuke-earth-bound-asteroids-if-necessary/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link
Feb 5 16 8:26 AM
Today, the Luxembourg Government announced that they are taking steps to become Europe’s hub for mining space resources. The small European country plans to establish the necessary legal and regulatory framework and invest in related research and development projects. They’re even considering investing in already-established asteroid mining companies like the U.S. based Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources. This announcement comes shortly after the United States took a huge step forward in making commercial space mining legal. President Obama signed the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (CSLCA) in November, which stated that U.S. companies are entitled to maintain property rights of resources they’ve obtained from outer space.
Today, the Luxembourg Government announced that they are taking steps to become Europe’s hub for mining space resources.
The small European country plans to establish the necessary legal and regulatory framework and invest in related research and development projects. They’re even considering investing in already-established asteroid mining companies like the U.S. based Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources.
This announcement comes shortly after the United States took a huge step forward in making commercial space mining legal. President Obama signed the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (CSLCA) in November, which stated that U.S. companies are entitled to maintain property rights of resources they’ve obtained from outer space.
Read more @ http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/03/the-race-to-mine-asteroids-gains-international-support/
Feb 13 16 8:34 AM
http://www.rttnews.com/2612310/asteroid-getting-too-close-for-comfort.aspx
http://patch.com/us/across-america/asteroid-whizzing-earth-could-come-closer-moon-0
Feb 16 16 10:50 PM
Scientists in Russia have found a new way to use the country's surplus of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) to protect Earth from a different kind of threat: falling meteorites and asteroids from space. A report from the Russian news agency TASS revealed that a team of researchers led by Sabit Saitgarayev of the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau are planning to convert ICBMs into projectiles that can destroy near-earth objects (NEOs) that pose an imminent threat to the safety of the planet.
Scientists in Russia have found a new way to use the country's surplus of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) to protect Earth from a different kind of threat: falling meteorites and asteroids from space.
A report from the Russian news agency TASS revealed that a team of researchers led by Sabit Saitgarayev of the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau are planning to convert ICBMs into projectiles that can destroy near-earth objects (NEOs) that pose an imminent threat to the safety of the planet.
Read more @ http://www.techtimes.com/articles/133605/20160215/russia-to-convert-intercontinental-ballistic-missiles-into-asteroid-destroyers.htm
Mar 2 16 8:36 PM
AFTER Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first walked on the surface of the moon in 1969, they planted the American flag firmly into the surface. While making for an iconic photograph, the act was purely symbolic as the 1967 Outer Space Treaty had declared “outer space is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means”.Signed by 104 countries, the agreement essentially ensured no country could claim ownership over the moon and other celestial bodies.After being set in stone for close to half a century, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty is coming under scrutiny as a growing number of companies and organisations are working to make asteroid mining a reality within a couple of decades.It makes sense given famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s comments about the asteroid mining industry at the 2014 South by Southwest festival.“The first trillionaire in the world is going to be the person who first mines asteroids,” he said.Viewed largely as an untapped pool of resources, asteroids and the moon contain precious minerals such as iron, titanium, platinum, water, helium-3 and nickel.
AFTER Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first walked on the surface of the moon in 1969, they planted the American flag firmly into the surface.
While making for an iconic photograph, the act was purely symbolic as the 1967 Outer Space Treaty had declared “outer space is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means”.
Signed by 104 countries, the agreement essentially ensured no country could claim ownership over the moon and other celestial bodies.
After being set in stone for close to half a century, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty is coming under scrutiny as a growing number of companies and organisations are working to make asteroid mining a reality within a couple of decades.
It makes sense given famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s comments about the asteroid mining industry at the 2014 South by Southwest festival.
“The first trillionaire in the world is going to be the person who first mines asteroids,” he said.
Viewed largely as an untapped pool of resources, asteroids and the moon contain precious minerals such as iron, titanium, platinum, water, helium-3 and nickel.
Read more @ http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/space-law-needs-an-overhaul-before-asteroid-mining-can-become-a-reality/news-story/039a3e275bfb9fab6c8467be90689443
Space law? For goodness sake there is a law for every little thing.... its getting ridiculous!
Mar 5 16 12:02 AM
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/asteroid-2013-tx68-to-pass-by-earth-at-much-safer-distance-than-previously-thought/news-story/d5750f7d0b41d5f0eaaca3a5bb6da808
04/16/16 22:20:43
http://www.blastr.com/2016-4-13/nasa-funding-research-turn-asteroids-gigantic-spaceships?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link