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	B612 Foundation Statement Regarding NASA's Analysis of Asteroid 99942 Apophis Impact Potential
		In June 2005, the B612 Foundation submitted a letter to NASA Administrator Michael Griffin expressing concern that the specific circumstances regarding the potential impact of NEO 99942 Apophis (then 2004MN4) might warrant a near-term space mission to the asteroid.
		B612 requested that NASA thoroughly and cooperatively investigate the analysis we conducted and the assumptions we made in order to determine whether such a near-term mission was required.
		B612 saw a potential need for a near-term mission in order to provide adequate tracking information in time to support a deflection mission, in the unlikely case that such a mission is required.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/asteroid-05v.html (1083 words)

	Cosmic Collision Insurance: Rusty Schweickart and the B612 Foundation - Out of the Cradle
		Former Apollo astronaut Russell L Schweickart, chairman of the B612 Foundation, makes a compelling case that we should apply the same logic to the small but real and potentially catastrophic risk of an asteroid collision with the Earth.
		The B612 Foundation is a non-profit organisation comprised of scientists and astronauts concerned about the current lack of action to even lay the engineering groundwork to protect the Earth from impacting near Earth asteroids.
		B612 Foundation is continually wrestling with the question, given its extremely limited resources, of where to apply its efforts, lobbying Congress for action, educating the general public, or focusing on our primary goal of getting a demonstration of deflection capability off the ground.
	www.outofthecradle.net /archives/2005/12/cosmic-collision-insurance-rusty-schweickart-and-the-b612-foundation (2154 words)

	B612 Foundation
		The B612 Foundation is dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid strikes.
		The B612 project grew out of a one-day workshop on asteroid deflection, organized by Piet Hut and Ed Lu at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, on October 20, 2001.
		The B612 Foundation is a California 501(c)(3) non-profit, private foundation.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/b/b6/b612_foundation.html (175 words)

	Astromart - Your global astronomy resource
		In June 2005, the B612 Foundation submitted a letter to NASA Administrator Michael Griffin expressing concern that the specific circumstances regarding the potential impact of NEO 99942 Apophis (then 2004MN4) might warrant a near-term space mission to the asteroid.
		B612 requested that NASA thoroughly and cooperatively investigate the analysis we conducted and the assumptions we made in order to determine whether such a near-term mission was required.
		B612 saw a potential need for a near-term mission in order to provide adequate tracking information in time to support a deflection mission, in the unlikely case that such a mission is required.
	www.astromart.com /news/news.asp?news_id=362 (956 words)

	NASA sets timetable for handling asteroid threat - Space News - MSNBC.com
		The timetable was released by the B612 Foundation, a group that is pressing NASA and other government agencies to do more to head off threats from near-Earth objects.
		The letter was addressed to the B612 Foundation, and B612 made the letter and the paper public on Friday evening.
		The B612 Foundation said it was grateful for NASA's "thorough and thoughtful" analysis, which came in response to the foundation's call for a near-term mission to the asteroid, back in June.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9871982 (675 words)

	B612 Foundation - TheBestLinks.com - B612 Project, Houston, October 20, October 7, ...
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		Participants Rusty Schweickart, Clark Chapman, Piet Hut, and Ed Lu established the B612 Foundation on October 7, 2002.
	www.thebestlinks.com /B612_Project.html (205 words)

	Astronaut Russell Schweikart Has a Plan for the Big One
		Russell (Rusty) Schweikart is the chairman of the board of the B612 Foundation.
		The B612 Foundation web site says we will have a 90% inventory of 1 km sized objects by 2008 and perhaps the same for 100 m objects 10 years after that.
		So the B612 Foundation (B612 is the asteroid from Antoine de Saint Exupery's The Little Prince) wants to develop a solution that could be demonstrated to be effective by the year 2015.
	ephemeris.sjaa.net /0411/b.html (701 words)

	News Article: Astronauts Rusty Schweickart and Ed Lu on deflecting an NEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Shortly after B612 Foundation began work on outlining a mission to explore and deflect an asteroid NASA announced the formation of its Prometheus Program to develop and demonstrate technologies to permit routine human and robotic activity in space "beyond low Earth orbit".
		One could then quite easily consider the B612 mission as either a follow-on or a precursor to the JIMO mission, depending on NASA's technical judgment as to where it fits most logically in their mission model.
		The B612 spacecraft would fly to, rendezvous with, and attach to a suitably chosen target asteroid (there are many candidate asteroids which are known to be nowhere near a collision course with Earth).
	nai.arc.nasa.gov /impact/news_detail.cfm?ID=140 (3306 words)

	It Came From Outer Space / Do we leave the responsibility of heading off species killer asteroids to FEMA? Or is the ...
		The B612 Foundation was born out of a one-day workshop on deflecting asteroids that was held at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in October 2001.
		The B612 Foundation has estimated that you don't need to change an asteroid's velocity by much in order to avoid a collision with Earth, though you may have to push it for upward of a year to achieve the desired effect depending on the size and distance of the asteroid discovered.
		Though the B612 Foundation has had some success focusing attention on asteroid deflection, it still faces many challenges, two of the biggest being NASA's historical reluctance to assume responsibility for asteroid deflection, and building international support behind an NEO deflection treaty.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/08/CMGHDL517N1.DTL&hw=HREF%3Dhttp%2F%2Fwww+bestonlinepricecomparison+com%2Fbabybotte+12+8293+children+pinkfuchsiaplum+flannel+kids%2Findex+php%3Ebabybotte+12+8293+Children+Pink%2FFuchsia%2FPlum+Flannel+Kids%3C%2Fa%3E&sn=098&sc=156 (3062 words)

	B612 Foundation - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		The B612 Foundation is dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid strikes.
		The B612 project grew out of a one-day workshop on asteroid deflection, organized by Piet Hut and Ed Lu at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, on October 20, 2001.
		The B612 Foundation is a California 501(c)(3) non-profit, private foundation.
	www.music.us /education/B/B612-Foundation.htm (383 words)

	In Defense of Earth: Keeping Asteroids at a Distance
		They have dubbed their effort the B612 Project, brought into being by what the group feels is a current lack of action to protect the Earth from the impact of near Earth asteroids (NEAs).
		The B612 Foundation is a non-profit private organization with principal offices in Houston, Texas.
		One of the action items on the foundation's to do list this year is developing the first version of a "design reference mission" - laying out the requirements for a demonstration mission to deflect an asteroid by 2015.
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/technology/asteroid_deflection_030205a.html (1551 words)

	Asteroid with higest probability of hitting earth
		An "extended objective" suggested in the study might be to attempt a landing to assess technologies for surface operation and nudging the object in a test of trajectory modification.
		Former NASA astronaut, Russell Schweickart, is Chairman of the B612 Foundation.
		Our B612 mission seems to have passed most of the NASA ‘sniff’ tests, but we still need to understand the structural characteristics of the surface to design the attachment mechanism for the ‘tugboat’.
	www.centurychina.com /plaboard/posts/3687427.shtml (874 words)

	Tugboat As Lifeboat
		The B612 Foundation's charter proposes a demonstration to alter the trajectory of an asteroid in a controlled manner by 2015.
		The B612 Foundation is a California non-profit private foundation with the goal of altering the orbit of an asteroid in a controlled manner by 2015.
		The B612 project grew out of a one-day workshop on asteroid deflection, organized by Princeton astrophysicist Piet Hut and astronaut Ed Lu at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, on October 20, 2001.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/asteroid-04p.html (1558 words)

	NSS Press Release - Deep Impact
		The B612 Foundation was established to advocate the demonstration of the next major step in planetary protection: to significantly alter the orbit of an asteroid in a controlled manner.
		B612 Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation founded in 2002 by a small group of astronomers, astronauts and engineers.
		Its goal is to change the orbit of an asteroid, in a controlled manner by 2015 in order to demonstrate that human society has the technological capability and know-how to protect the planet from future asteroid impacts.
	www.nss.org /news/releases/pr20050112.html (529 words)

	BlogIreland.ie Bloggles \| Asteroid? Collision Path? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This would make it unnecessary to mark the asteroid with a transponder before 2021, when a decision on deflection would have to be made, because by then scientists should have a far more accurate idea of the path Apophis is going to take.
		NASA's plans were made public by the B612 Foundation, a group agitating for more action from governments on the threat from near-earth-objects.
		The B612 Foundation says that while it welcome's NASA's response to its questions, if it hadn't raised the question "the current understanding of the Apophis circumstances might not have developed.
	www.blogireland.ie /plog/post/1/370 (523 words)

	SPACE.com -- Asteroid Apophis: Dealing with Earth's Future Troublemaker
		In a June 6 letter to NASA Administrator, Michael Griffin, Schweickart on behalf of the B612 Foundation called for support in "resolving an issue of critical importance" - namely whether a scientific mission should be launched to asteroid Apophis in the near term.
		The position of the B612 Foundation was that the mission should be staged, pointing out that NASA's NEO program personnel apparently did not concur with that view.
		Harris noted, as has been underscored by the B612 Foundation, that if Apophis is indeed on an impact trajectory, then ground-based radar observations will not be able to refine the impact probability to greater than 20 percent.
	www.space.com /news/051103_asteroid_apophis.html (1876 words)

	Kirsch Foundation Past Near Earth Objects Outcomes
		The Foundation believes that governments throughout the world should be significantly increasing their funding of research to identify NEOs that have the potential to destroy or significantly damage the Earth.
		It is also important for search teams to extend their searches to greater and greater distances from the Earth or, in other words, to use technology to allow telescopes to go to fainter and fainter limiting magnitudes.
		Given the Foundation’s announced transition plans, it is our hope that others will continue to focus their time and energy on NEOs research, and that this issue will receive the attention and resources it deserves.
	www.kirschfoundation.org /done/out_neo.html (1693 words)

	Centauri Dreams » Blog Archive » On Deflecting Near Earth Objects
		The B612 Foundation continues to examine the danger of near-Earth objects (NEOs).
		As noted earlier in these pages, B612 points to the continuing evidence for asteroid and comet impacts and their role in shaping the planet’s history; the much discussed demise of the dinosaurs, due to a likely asteroid strike in the Yucatan, is but one of the instances where the planetary ecology has been altered.
		These documents make for fascinating reading, especially the Foundation’s analysis of Apophis as a highly unusual NEO — its Earth-like orbit means that a relatively inexpensive deflection technique should suffice to protect Earth from a 2036 impact if such a mission is ever needed.
	www.centauri-dreams.org /?p=227 (649 words)

	TheSpaceSite.com :: View topic - Timetable set for dealing with asteroid threat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		NASA has outlined what it could do, and in what time frame, in case a quarter-mile-wide asteroid named Apophis is on a course to slam into Earth in the year 2036.
		The timetable was released by the B612 Foundation, a group that is pressing NASA and other government agencies to do more to head off threats from near-Earth objects.
		Finally, Schweickart and the B612 Foundation said the responsibility for protecting Earth from hazardous asteroids and comets should be officially assigned to a capable U.S. government agency.
	www.thespacesite.com /community/viewtopic.php?t=2296 (2109 words)

	My Current Interests
		Hence the purpose of the B612 Project, for which I serve as Chairman of the Board, is to demonstrate the ability to alter the trajectory of a small asteroid by actually doing it.
		Therefore the stated goal of the B612 Foundation, is to significantly alter the orbit of an asteroid in a controlled manner by 2015.
		You should know that since B612 Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 any contributions you make to it will be tax exempt.
	www.well.com /~rs/interests.html (1282 words)

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		But given their rate of discovery, Morrison estimates that there may still be a handful lurking in space that have Earth in their sights.
		Lu, who is part of the B612 Foundation, a group of space scientists who want to see asteroid-deflecting technology in place by 2015, has high hopes that the gravity tractor will be built.
		The B612 Foundation recently lobbied NASA to put a radio transmitter on the 320-metre-wide asteroid 99942 Apophis.
	www.nature.com /news/2005/051107/pf/051107-7_pf.html (716 words)

	B612 FOUNDATION
		White papers and presentations submitted by B612 members at the NASA NEO Workshop held in Vail, Colorado, 26-28 June, 2006.
		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.
	www.b612foundation.org /press/press.html (813 words)

	‘Tugboat’ could push away asteroids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In fact, late last year, Schweickart, Lu, Hut and Chapman formed the B612 Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to developing and demonstrating the capability to deflect asteroids from Earth.
		Schweickart told Space.com that the B612 proposal is meant to educate public and political communities to the fact that Earth-approaching asteroids are a natural, environmental threat.
		The general message from B612, Chapman concluded, is to try to develop, with private funds, an exciting and important demonstration project that will robustly bring everyone up the learning curve of what to do if a threatening near-Earth object is eventually found to be heading Earth’s way.
	www.msnbc.com /news/980685.asp?0dm=C12PT (1241 words)

	National Space Society and B612 Foundation Hail NASA's Deep Impact ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Continue to National Space Society and B612 Foundation Hail NASA's Deep Impact...
		B612 Foundation Statement Regarding NASA's Analysis of Asteroid 99942 Apophis Impact Potential
		The B612 Foundation expresses its gratitude to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the thorough and thoughtful response to our request for analysis regarding the potential...
	www.thespacetimes.com /v709.html (211 words)

	B612 or BUST - Russia.com Discussion Forum
		In fact, late last year, Schweickart, Lu, Hut and Chapman formed the B612 Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to developing and demonstrating the capability to deflect asteroids from Earth.
		Schweickart told SPACE.com that the B612 proposal is meant to educate public and political communities to the fact that Earth-approaching asteroids are a natural, environmental threat.
		The general message from B612, Chapman concluded, is to try and develop, with private funds, an exciting and important demonstration project that will robustly bring everyone up the learning curve of what to do if a threatening Near Earth Object is eventually found to be heading Earth's way.
	www.russia.com /forums/open-board/17997-b612-bust.html (1318 words)

	News Article: B612 and NASA Dialog on how to Deal with Apophis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		During its close passage by the Earth on April 13 2029, it is possible (but improbable) that asteroid Apophis will pass through a keyhole leading to a collision in 2036.
		In June 2005, the B612 Foundation submitted a letter to NASA Administrator Michael Griffin expressing concern that the specific circumstances regarding the potential impact of NEO might warrant a near-term space mission to the asteroid.
		For more information, please visit the B612 Foundation Web site at: www.B612foundation.org.
	nai.arc.nasa.gov /impact/news_detail.cfm?ID=165 (1086 words)

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