Title :	CASSANDRA : a strategy to protect our planet from Near Earth Objects
Material Type:	ISU Team Project reports
Publisher:	Illkirch-Graffenstaden [France] : International Space University
Publication Date:	2005
Pagination:	xvi, 131 p.
Layout:	ill.
Size:	30 cm
General note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages :	English (eng)
Descriptors:	Asteroids--Collisions with Earth--Prevention ; Comets--Collisions with Earth--Prevention ; Near-earth asteroids
Class number:	QB721
Abstract:	Our species is currently unprepared to deal with the very real threat posed by Near Earth Objects. The Earth has been struck repeatedly by asteroids and comets throughout its history as part of the regular, dynamic processes of the solar system that continue to this days. This report reviews the scientific literature on the characteristics of near Earth Objects. It examines current systems utilized for the detection of NEOs focusing on the coordination of these systems and the management of the data. The report proposes avenues for further research in detection technologies and outlines various methods for deflecting or disrupting collisional Near Earth Objects.
Host country :	Vancouver, Canada
ISU program :	Space Studies Program
Record link:	http://isulibrary.isunet.edu/opac/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=6082

CASSANDRA : a strategy to protect our planet from Near Earth Objects [ISU Team Project reports] . - Illkirch-Graffenstaden (1 rue Jean Dominique Cassini, 67400, France) : International Space University, 2005 . - xvi, 131 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages : English (eng)

Descriptors:	Asteroids--Collisions with Earth--Prevention ; Comets--Collisions with Earth--Prevention ; Near-earth asteroids
Class number:	QB721
Abstract:	Our species is currently unprepared to deal with the very real threat posed by Near Earth Objects. The Earth has been struck repeatedly by asteroids and comets throughout its history as part of the regular, dynamic processes of the solar system that continue to this days. This report reviews the scientific literature on the characteristics of near Earth Objects. It examines current systems utilized for the detection of NEOs focusing on the coordination of these systems and the management of the data. The report proposes avenues for further research in detection technologies and outlines various methods for deflecting or disrupting collisional Near Earth Objects.
Host country :	Vancouver, Canada
ISU program :	Space Studies Program
Record link:	http://isulibrary.isunet.edu/opac/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=6082