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October 01, 2015

ASU-led partnership engages citizens in NASA's Asteroid Initiative
Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 01, 2015
How can humans best protect the Earth from a potentially devastating asteroid impact? Could our ability to study an asteroid assist with both planetary defense and sending humans farther into our solar system? Once humans have advanced their space-exploration capacities, what should a future mission to Mars look like? Making the public part of discussions such as these is the result of an innovative partnership between NASA and a network led by ASU's Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CS ... read more

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