B612 was established in 2002. In our first ten years as a volunteer organization, our focus was on asteroid deflection research and advocacy. The team developed several deflection concepts, ones that are accepted today as standard techniques to prevent an impact. The following blog posts were issued/posted prior to B612 deciding to build, launch and operate a telescope in June 2012.
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Ed Lu speaks at TedX NASA. Live Stream on August 17
Decision program on asteroid threat mitigation
National Research Council Report on NEO hazards
NASA Advisory Council Report on Planetary Defense
JPL Evaluation of Gravity Tractor
Congressional hearing on NASA’s NEO Report
Independent Analysis of Alternatives to Divert NEO
NEOs: The Katrinas of the Cosmos?
Towing Asteroids with Gravitational Tractor
B612 Foundation Press Statement
National Space Society, International Space Development Conference
World Federation of Scientists’ Multidisciplinary Core Group on Planetary Emergencies
World Federation of Scientists’ International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies
Testimony of Rusty Schweickart and Ed Lu
The hazard of near-Earth asteroid impacts on earth
AIAA 2004 Planetary Defense Conference; Protecting Earth From Asteroids
OECD Global Science Forum Workshop on Near Earth Objects
