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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457125003321

Titolo

Defending planet Earth [[electronic resource] ] : near-Earth object surveys and hazard mitigation strategies / / Committee to Review Near-Earth-Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies ; Space Studies Board ; Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-78732-2

9786612787324

0-309-14969-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Disciplina

523.44

Soggetti

Near-Earth objects

Asteroids - Collisions with Earth

Comets - Collisions with Earth

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Risk Analysis""; ""3 Survey and Detection of Near-Earth Objects""; ""4 Characterization""; ""5 Mitigation""; ""6 Research""; ""7 National and International Coordination and Collaboration""; ""8 Optimal Approaches""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Independent Cost Assessment""; ""Appendix B: Letter of Request""; ""Appendix C: Committee, Panel, and Staff Biographical Information""; ""Appendix D: Minority Opinion Mark Boslough, Mitigation Panel Member""

""Appendix E: Glossary and Selected Acronyms""