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Gorman students tap entrepreneurial spirit to develop disaster relief idea

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The following article appeared in Review Journal on January 22, 2016. Written by Jan Hogan. Excerpt: More than 1,400 student entrepreneurs set out to develop ideas that would have a global…

Asteroids IV – The New Asteroid “Bible” Reviewed

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In the world of planetary science, the University of Arizona Press has a long heritage of publishing incredibly valuable academic volumes on a wide array of topics. The publisher’s “Space…

Blue Origin beats SpaceX to re-launching a reusable rocket

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https://youtu.be/74tyedGkoUc Congratulations to Blue Origin for re-launching their suborbital rocket New Shepard. “The booster reached a maximum altitude of 333,582 feet, or 63 miles, above the Earth’s surface, before landing gently…

Twelve amazing science stories we can’t wait to follow in 2016

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My personal favorite from this article is obviously the launch of OSIRIS-REx. The PI (Principal Investigator) is Asteroid Day 100X Signatory, Dante Lauretta. Here is an excerpt from the article: NASA’s ambitious mission…

Is it possible to insure against an asteroid impact event?

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Since it is recognised that the cost of the response to a significant asteroid impact event would be beyond the financial capabilities of an individual country to respond an international…