A close encounter of the rocky kind is set for Feb. 15, when an office-building-size asteroid will speed past Earth faster than a bullet and closer than some communications satellites. It will be the nearest recorded brush with a space rock so large, NASA scientists said...
Leaders of the nonprofit B612 Foundation today took the wraps off a campaign to fund and launch a space telescope to hunt for potential killer asteroids — a campaign they portrayed as a cosmic civic improvement project. Former NASA astronaut Ed Lu, the foundation's chairman and CEO, estimated that...
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...
Proposed use of a Gravity Tractor for controllably towing asteroids by Ed Lu and Stan Love. Nature magazine, Vol. 438, November 10, 2005...
"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...