... expected to increase the annual detection rate of NEAs from 100 to 150 and play an increasingly vital role in planetary defence. However, these dreams of future science ended on 1 December 2020, when the Gregorian reflector platform of this iconic...
... on Haleakalā and Maunaloa in Hawai’i to include two additional observatories in South Africa and Chile. “An important part of planetary defence is finding asteroids before they find us, so if necessary, we can get them before they get us” said Kelly...
... in JAXA’s NOZOMI (Mars Explorer) and the first Hayabusa mission. Makoto is additionally interested in the issue of planetary defence, which concerns potential Earth impacts from celestial bodies. He is a member of the NEO (Near Earth Object) working...
..., as many such asteroids are discovered quite late in their approach to Earth. A number of projects aimed at developing a viable planetary defence strategy have been suggested and implemented, including the Global Space Governance Study, the...
... Sky Survey as part of its search for near-Earth objects for NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. NEA Scout is a science and technology demonstration mission based ... and will gain important planetary defence insights about this class of NEA.
... retrofit, and servicing, possible active orbital debris removal from LEO, solar power satellites, space mining, planetary defence, space tourism, hypersonic transportation, and commercial activities in protospace (the area above commercial air space...