Rusty Schweickart
Non-Profit’s Private Space Telescope to Hunt Dangerous Asteroids in 2017
With the dangers of rogue asteroids made clear by the surprise explosion of a meteor over Russia in February, a non-profit organization is ramping up its effort to search for potentially hazardous space rocks near Earth. The B612 Foundation was started in 2002 by former NASA...
15 April, 2013
Deflecting Killer Asteroid Could Be Geopolitical Nightmare
Humanity has the technical know-how to deflect a killer asteroid away from Earth, but whether the world can come together to pull it off in time is another matter. A looming asteroid strike would be a global problem demanding a complex and coordinated response, experts say....
15 March, 2013
Former astronaut Ed Lu on NASA and saving Earth from asteroids
Ed Lu Ph.D. 89 is a former NASA astronaut more recently known for his work as CEO of the B612 Foundation, which aims to “hunt asteroids that could hit the Earth and potentially cause human devastation.” Lu sat down with The Daily to discuss his...
10 March, 2013
Can Humans Do Better Than Dinosaurs When it Comes to Incoming Space Objects?
Can humans do better than the dinosaurs? This is one of a string of questions I posed in a Skype chat on Sunday with Russell L. Schweickart, the Apollo 9 astronaut who has become a leading proponent of investing in tools that can spot and deflect...
22 February, 2013
Detecting asteroids, meteors takes on new urgency
Earth may have survived its close encounters with an asteroid and a meteor Friday, but the episodes focused new attention on gaps in astronomers' ability to identify smaller space rocks like these capable of inflicting widespread destruction. Efforts to better identify those threats are underway, including...
20 February, 2013
Asteroid Incoming!
A Joseph asteroid is barreling towards -- eight times faster than a speeding bullet passing closer to lessen the satellites that broadcast is very program. But were still on a crash course here's ABC's Neal Karlinsky. On a sliding scale of things -- ruin your...
16 February, 2013
The Committee to Save the Planet: Who Watches the Asteroids?
This week, a hunk of space rock half the size of a football field will pass historically close to us, between Earth and our communication satellites. Scientists are certain the asteroid, dubbed 2012 DA14, will not hit Earth. If it did, the resulting explosion would...
15 February, 2013
Asteroid Watch
An in-depth story about the threat of asteroids and the goals of the B612 Foundation to protect humanity and all that we cherish here on Earth. Read the Article: "Asteroid Watch" Smithsonian AIR & SPACE Magazine (January 2013)...
22 January, 2013
Rock On
ASTEROID strikes are the ultimate in low-probability, high-impact events. NASA may soon have help—or competition—from the private non-profit B612 Foundation building the Sentinel spacecraft. And Sentinel, if it flies, won't cost taxpayers a penny. Read the Article: "Rock On" The Economist (July 7, 2012) ...
07 July, 2012