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Significantly alter the orbit of an asteroid in a controlled manner by 2015.
Asteroid and comet impacts have both destroyed and shaped life on Earth since it formed.
The Earth orbits the Sun in a vast swarm of near Earth asteroids (NEAs).
The probability of an unacceptable collision in this century is ~2%.
We now have the capability to anticipate an impact and to prevent it.
Checkout the new materials on our News & Events page. The latest - an exchange between B612 and NASA on asteroid 99942 Apophis (#11.) and our "think" piece, Better Collision Insurance, in the September-October 2005 issue of American Scientist (#10).
From "The Latest" new page...
11. B612 Foundation press statement and related documents regarding the NASA analysis of the need for a transponder mission to asteroid 99942 Apophis. This analysis was performed in response to a B612 request to the NASA Administrator in June 2005. The full exchange of correspondence, including technical analyses, is included in the links below.
B612 Foundation Statement Regarding NASA's Analysis of Asteroid 99942 Apophis Impact Potential, 28 October 2005 Press Statement, (Word 2000, 32K)
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