White papers and presentations submitted by B612 members to update Congress on progress detecting asteroids larger than 140 meters. These findings were presented at NASA NEO Workshop held in Vail CO, June 26-28, 2006 in response to the congressional requirement for an initial report on...
Today, former B612 co-founder Dr. Ed Lu and fellow former NASA astronaut Dr. Stanley Love published a proposal for the Gravity Tractor method for altering an asteroid’s trajectory in Nature Vol. 438. Their method describes how a spacecraft could use its own gravitational pull to...
"B612's early thinking on asteroid deflection: ""The Asteroid Tugboat""...
Letter to the president answering the question “What are the pressing scientific issues for the nation and the world, and what is your advice on how I can begin to deal with them?” submitted by Piet Hut B612 Board Director...