Asteroid Threat : Defending Our Planet from Deadly Near-earth Objects (9781616149147) by William E. Burrows Read Free Book Online Page A

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    International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). 2013 IAA Planetary Defense Conference White Paper . Flagstaff, AZ: IAA, April 2013.
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    SCHOLARLY AND OTHER PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). “Dealing with the Threat of an Asteroid Striking the Earth.” Position paper, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, April 1990.
    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). “Protecting Earth from Asteroids and Comets, American Institute ofAeronautics and Astronautics: An AIAA Position Paper.” Position paper, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, October 2004.
    Launius, Roger D. “Why Go to the Moon? The Many Faces of Lunar Policy.” Article presented at the American Astronautical Society meeting, Greenbelt, MD, March 17, 2004.
    Schweickart, Russell L. “A Call to (Considered) Action.” Presentation at the National Space Society International Space Development Conference, Washington, DC, May 20, 2005.
    Space Systems Technical Committee and Systems Engineering Technical Committee. “Responding to the Potential Threat of a Near-Earth-Object Impact: An AIAA Position Paper.” Position paper, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, September 1995.
    Tagliaferri, Edward. “The History of AIAA's Interest in Planetary Defense.” AIAA paper 96-4381, AIAA Meeting Papers on Disc, September 1996.
    The Threat of Impact by Near-Earth Asteroids, Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the Committee on Science . 105th Cong. (May 21, 1998). Statement of Clark R. Chapman, Southwest Research Institute.
    FILM
    Asteroids: Deadly Impact . Directed by Eitan Weinreich. Washington, DC: National Geographic Video, 2003. DVD, 60 min.

William E. Burrows, professor emeritus of journalism and mass communication at New York University, is the author of twelve books and numerous articles in the New York Times , the Washington Post , the Wall Street Journal , Foreign Affairs , and other publications. His previous books include The Survival Imperative: Using Space to Protect