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Planetary Defense

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This category is for sites on defending the planet from global threats such as possible asteroids, comets, or artificial space debris. [MORE]
1. Asteroid Scare Prompts NASA to Formalize Response - An unprecedented asteroid scare in January 2004 has prompted NASA to set up a formal process for notifying top officials in the future of any impending impacts.
2. BBC News: Government Prepares for Space Impact - The UK government is to establish a panel of experts to advise on the risk of the Earth being hit by an asteroid or comet, and plans for evacuation and/or deflection.
3. China Daily: Dangerous Space Rocks Under Watch - Astronomers say they are well on their way to finding every asteroid that poses a threat.
4. CNN - Scientists Want to be Ready to Block Asteroid from Hitting Earth - Scientists gather to discuss ways of aggressively defending the planet from an asteroid, including detonating nukes in space.
5. Impact - Describes the threat of a comet impact with Earth and provides a plan of action to survive a large impact.
6. Impact Parameters - Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.
7. Meteor Defense - An argument for reducing global tension by developing a defense against impacts with Near Earth Objects.
8. The SpaceGuard UK Portal - National focus in the UK for studies into the threat posed to the Earth by collisions with asteroids and comets.
9. U.S. Summons Experts to Draft Asteroid Defense Plan - A Cincinnati Post news story about a meeting called by the U.S. government on the chances of an asteroid strike and a possible defense for it.

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