B612 Foundation

B612 Foundation

Die B612 Foundation ist eine Non-Profit-Nichtregierungsorganisation und Stiftung, die sich die Erforschung von Erdnahen Objekten, dem Schutz der Erde vor einem Impakt und dem Aufbau einer möglichen Asteroidenabwehr zur Aufgabe gemacht hat.[1][2][3] Die Stiftung wurde im Oktober 2001 auf einem Workshop im NASA Johnson Space Center durch den Astrophysiker Piet Hut und den ehemaligen Astronauten Edward Tsang Lu gegründet.[4] Weitere Mitglieder sind u.a. der ehemalige Astronaut Russell Louis Schweickart und der Astronom Harold Reitsema.[5] Die Foundation wurde nach dem fiktiven Asteroiden B612 aus der Erzählung Der kleine Prinz von Antoine de Saint-Exupéry benannt.[6]

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  1. ↑ The Project
  2. ↑ Near-Earth Object (NEO) Analysis of Transponder Tracking and Gravity Tractor Performance October 2008 jpl.nasa.gov
  3. ↑ Planetenverteidigung-Raumschiff soll Asteroiden abschleppen spiegel.de, 10. November 2005
  4. ↑ Foundation History
  5. ↑ The Foundation abgerufen am 11. Oktober 2011; Piet Hut;Harold Reitsema en.wikipedia.org
  6. ↑ Nudging Killer Asteroids Off Course npr.org, abgerufen am 11. Oktober 2011

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