April 2018
Developing Mars
... of permafrost near the surface. Furrows feed meltwater into a channel that’s cut into the crater wall. Planetary defence by high-powered laser: material ablated off a would-be impactor alters its trajectory by conservation of momentum, to avert...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
...Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) to help coordinate a better defence against asteroids, we are a long way from a global space governance system for planetary defence. In fact, as UNISPACE+50 prepares to convene in 2018 what is striking is that...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... option would also use advanced technologies for the capture and control of so-called non-cooperative objects. Planetary defence When the ARM robotic vehicle is in close proximity to the target asteroid, NASA can demonstrate basic techniques...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
... Laboratory (APL), will test the feasibility of diverting the path of an asteroid. It will be a ground-breaking experiment in planetary defence techniques. AIM itself will perform detailed before-and-after comparisons on the structure of the body...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
...-made space objects (i.e. space debris) or from the impact of large asteroids or comets (i.e. planetary defence). Members of the COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection (see - https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/scientific-structure/ppp). COSPAR Panel Implementing...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
... data is not only of natural scientific interest, but also of invaluable practical importance for the development of a planetary defence concept based on the need to prevent the transfer of lifeforms, since it includes development of the strictest...
