NASA's hunt for dangerous asteroids falls short, report shows

(Reuters) - NASA won't meet a congressionally ordered goal to find 90 percent of nearby and potentially dangerous asteroids larger than 460 feet (140 meters) in diameter, the agency’s Inspector General said on Monday.

The shortfall comes despite a 10-fold increase in NASA’s annual budget over the past five years – from $4 million in 2009 to $40 million in 2014 - to track and assess potentially dangerous asteroids and comets. So-called “Near-Earth Objects,” or NEOs, fly within about 28 million miles (45 million km) of Earth.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/15/us-space-nasa-asteroids-idUSKBN0HA2CT20140915

Money talks.

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Scientists call for killer asteroid hunt




An international group of astronauts, scientists and others have called for a rapid expansion of efforts to detect asteroids capable of causing widespread destruction on earth, warning that this is one of the biggest threats to humanity in the coming centuries.

Led by Lord Rees, Britain’s royal astronomer, and Brian May, a PhD in astrophysics as well as guitarist with the rock band Queen, the group said a hundredfold increase in the number of objects detected each year was necessary over the next decade.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0925c1ac-7b0c-11e4-b630-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3KtLOG6VU

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Is it the ones we know about that are dangerous, or is the ones that we don't know about.

I heard somewhere that there are comets that have periods longer that the 200 years where we have reliable records. If one of these is heading our way we might at best have a few months to see it and act before it strikes.

Yes, those pose the greatest threat...and damage, 'cause of the speed (kinetic energy)!

But, fortunately...we've got a good guardian - Jupiter! ;)

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I hate to be so gloomy about asteroids. NASA and WISE telescope, teamed up to go hunting. Asteroid-hunter. One jolt from the asteroid belt, we might be gone.


NASA WISE telescope gets new life as asteroid hunter

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The thing is: WISE data didn't se the Chelyabinsk threat earlier...hopefully it will in the future... :/

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Maybe this is something that Kepler could be reprogrammed to do.

Doesn't Kepler got K2 mission? ;)

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New Asteroid rated one of two most dangerous

Don't think I'll be around 2032.

A freshly discovered asteroid, with the classy name 2013 TV135, has a slight chance of smashing into Earth on August 26, 2032 and ruining everyone's day in a very big way.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/18/were_doomed_again_as_astronomers_spot_asteroid_that_could_hit_earth_in_2032/




The universe wastes nothing, it's simply transferred.
Lynn

when you see those YELLOW headlines, just open NEO...and check for yourself! ;)

so far, all of the asteroids are on Torino 0...and only 2 of them are between -2 & 0 on Palermo scale...so, nothing to worry about! ;)

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We should fund asteroid-oriented projects, like B612 project and Laser Bees.

Why use lasers, when you can focus a Sun with nearly infinite amount of phocal energy...you only need BIG mirrors in Space! ;)

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Please gather your thoughts and post more coherently.

HEY! It's good to have thoughts!!

Positive and creative thoughts even better!! ;-)

(70 posts vs 32425... Keep thinkin'? ;-) ;-) )


Keep searchin',
Martin

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There are some who still think the Asteroid belt and asteroids are the remains of an early planet that blew up.

Or never quite jelled due to the proximity of Jupiter.

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My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

KLIK, that is 5 posts in a row in 46 minutes. Spamming forums is generally frowned upon around here.

Please gather your thoughts and post more coherently.

well...if you show me the Multiqoute option, I would "gladly" use it! :)

and yes, I'll try to behave...

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well...if you show me the Multiqoute option, I would "gladly" use it! :)

and yes, I'll try to behave...

Now if you read the Use BBCode tags to format your text link that is in each posting page it will simply give you what info you need to know (it's not rocket science). ;-)

Cheers.

wiggo wrote:

klik wrote:

well...if you show me the Multiqoute option, I would "gladly" use it! :)

and yes, I'll try to behave...

Now if you read the Use BBCode tags to format your text link that is in each posting page it will simply give you what info you need to know (it's not rocket science). ;-)

Cheers.

There is also http://www.bbcode.org/reference.php but BOINC does not implement the entire standard.

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OK, guys, I'll use the manual labor type of multi-quote...

But please, can someone update the forum? So it has Multi-quote feature...
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what about the ones they can't find?

NASA: Recently spotted asteroid no risk for Earth

WASHINGTON — NASA says a newly spotted 1,300-foot wide asteroid is not a threat to hit Earth, despite recent media reports.

NASA’s Near Earth Object program manager Donald Yeomans said the asteroid, discovered in October by Russian scientists, won’t even get that close to Earth in the next 150 years. And it isn’t a threat to any other planet, either.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nasa-recently-spotted-asteroid-no-risk-for-earth/2014/12/09/e59796f0-7fdb-11e4-b936-f3afab0155a7_story.html

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what about the ones they can't find?

I miss Orbit@Home...

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we would all go to Alaska and live on Whale Blubber, caribou, elk, seals, salmon and Arctic Char.

Yum.

You don't have to duck, but a good-sized asteroid will make a fairly close flyby of Earth at the end of the month.

Asteroid to swoop by Earth on January 26

Space objects are hot topics these days. The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission has gotten everybody excited about comets. Asteroid-wrangling is on NASA's to-do list.

Now, we have an extraterrestrial visitor on the way, but it won't quite be knocking on the door of our humble planet; it will just be waving as it zips by in the distance.

http://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-to-swoop-by-earth-on-january-26/

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The B612 Foundation headed up by Astronauts Ed Lu and Rusty Schweickart, among others, proposes to put a Sentinel satellite in an orbit that is roughly opposite that of Venus. It will conduct a 6.5 year survey of asteroids by detecting their infrared signatures. The back of Sentinel always points toward the sun which powers it's solar panels. The satellite looks outward into our solar system. This means it will be scanning for it's entire 6.5 year life - not hindered by our atmosphere, weather or sun light. Sentinel is to be built by Ball Aerospace. B612 intends to build, launch and operate Sentinel strictly through public funding.

[url]http://sentinelmission.org [/url]

The B612 Foundation headed up by Astronauts Ed Lu and Rusty Schweickart, among others, proposes to put a Sentinel satellite in an orbit that is roughly opposite that of Venus. It will conduct a 6.5 year survey of asteroids by detecting their infrared signatures. The back of Sentinel always points toward the sun which powers it's solar panels. The satellite looks outward into our solar system. This means it will be scanning for it's entire 6.5 year life - not hindered by our atmosphere, weather or sun light. Sentinel is to be built by Ball Aerospace. B612 intends to build, launch and operate Sentinel strictly through public funding.

[url]http://sentinelmission.org [/url]

Thanks John. We need all the help to protect earth.

http://sentinelmission.org

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From NASA.

NEOWISE: A Yearlong Look at the Sky

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft discovered and characterized 40 near-Earth objects (NEOs) in the first year after the mission was re-started in December 2013. Eight of the discoveries have been classified as potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs), based on their size and how close their orbits could come to Earth's orbit.

http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/neowise/happy-new-year-neowise-a-yearlong-look-at-the-sky/index.html

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