Committee to Review Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies, "Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0309149681 | PDF | 152 pages | 34,2 MB
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0309149681 | PDF | 152 pages | 34,2 MB
The United States spends approximately $4 million each year searching for near-Earth objects (NEOs). The objective is to detect those that may collide with Earth. The majority of this funding supports the operation of several observatories that scan the sky searching for NEOs.