A World Working Group to Combat the Asteroid Threat
Department:
Asteroid Impacts
Teaser:
"Space agencies from around the world laying the foundations for future efforts to deal with potentially harmful asteroids headed for Earth"
Source:
SPACE.com Download time: Nov 9 2010 8:37 AM ET
Space agencies around the world are working to be ready to coordinate their response to any potentially harmful asteroid headed for Earth.
To help focus a world-class planetary defense against threatening near-Earth objects, the space experts are seeking to establish a high-level Mission Planning and Operations Group, or MPOG for short.
Veteran astronauts and space planners gathered here at the European Space Agency's European Space Operations Center Oct. 27-29 to shape the asteroid threat response plan and establish an Information Analysis and Warning Network.…
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