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Post by Brother Michael (FE) on Jan 5, 2017 13:57:38 GMT -8
The White House has released a "National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy"........ a document developed by the Interagency Working Group (IWG) for
Detecting And Mitigating the Impact of Earth-bound Near-Earth Objects known as "DAMIEN". <<<<< WHOA look at that name
According to the strategy document, it "seeks to improve our nation's preparedness to address the hazard of near-Earth object (NEO) impacts by enhancing the integration of existing national and international assets and adding important capabilities that are currently lacking."
The strategy builds on efforts at NASA to better detect and characterize the NEO population, as well as recent efforts at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prepare for and respond to a NEO impact. [Potentially Dangerous Asteroids in Images]
The document was published last month by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Seven strategic goals
There are seven main goals underpinning the effort to enhance the United States' preparedness for NEO impacts, the Strategy notes:
"Enhance NEO Detection, Tracking and Characterization Capabilities. Objectives include: developing a capability roadmap to inform a strategy for investing in both U.S. and foreign abilities for detection, tracking and characterization; improving observation capabilities for more complete and rapid observation of the entire population of NEOs; and updating existing observatories with capabilities to improve characterization assessments.
www.space.com/35227-dangerous-asteroids-white-house-report.html
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