B612 Asteroid Institute attended the LSST’s Solar System Science Collaboration meeting on July 10-12, 2018 at the University of Washington in Seattle. The B612 Asteroid Institute’s development of the Asteroid Decision and Analysis Mapping (ADAM) platform is largely motivated by the upcoming Large Synoptic Survey...
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Dr. Ed Lu of the B612 Asteroid Institute, explains how mapping the inner solar system with the ADAM project can help us recognize asteroid threats and opportunities. With Asteroid Day 2018 just around the corner, Dr. Ed Lu recently spoke to PC Magazine about several...
Asteroid Institute responds to U.S. Asteroid Defense implementation plan. In December 2016, the U.S. Government released its strategy document on preparing for and preventing asteroid impacts in which they outlined which government agencies would be involved in the planning for such an event, and the broad...
Asteroid Institute funded project releases NASA tech note with support from Planet, JPL, and CalTech describing an asteroid detection demo using synthetic tracking technology was recently published. This is the first time this synthetic tracking technique has been used for the purpose of asteroid detection...
We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Sarah Greenstreet and Bryce Bolin as the Asteroid Institute’s first Senior Research Fellows. The fellows will study the application of new technologies for the discovery, tracking and potential deflection of asteroids under the direction of Dr....
ASTEROID INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES NEW APPOINTMENTS Dr. Sarah Greenstreet and Bryce Bolin named first Senior Research Fellows SILICON VALLEY, CA/SEATTLE WASH. (May 17,2018) -- The Asteroid Institute has announced new appointments in the field of planetary defense and asteroids. Dr. Sarah Greenstreet and Bryce Bolin have been selected...
Asteroid Institute Announces Program with York Space Systems to Explore Low-Cost Space-Based Asteroid Tracking System and Train Next Generation Space Workforce at Metropolitan State University of Denver SILICON VALLEY, CA (May 10, 2018)-- The Asteroid Institute, a program of the B612 Foundation, has announced a new collaboration with York...
B612 does not endorse the alarming and sensationalist tone (“humankind could be wiped out at any moment”) of an article it contributed to last week. This is completely contrary to B612’s message that we and others are working towards addressing this issue in a methodical way...
The Asteroid Institute’s Spacecraft System Engineer, Jonny Dyer, presented a talk on the history and current state of the commercial spaceflight sector. Dr. Ed Lu and Rusty Schweickart shared their perspectives on the future of the sector from their years of experience leading B612 and...