[meteorite-list] A crowdfunding campaign is trying to save us from life-threatening asteroids

From: Raremeteorites <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 13:58:32 -0700
Message-ID: <D4CF950D9D9247D2B98EF0BD43158216_at_HPDESKTOP>

You are correct. The U.S. has been in complete chaos since 2008 and now the
rest of the world is soon to follow! It is time to focus on what is really
important, freedom!

Adam



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From: "Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
To: "Meteorite Central" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 1:27 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] A crowdfunding campaign is trying to save us from
life-threatening asteroids


> Hello Listers
>
> I think we need to work on the human race before we worry about
> asteroids
>
> Shawn Alan
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>
> A crowdfunding campaign is trying to save us from life-threatening
> asteroids
>
> If a huge asteroid slammed into the Earth with crushing force tomorrow,
> it could swiftly bring an end to all humankind.
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> Luckily, that's not going to happen ? our asteroid analysis and
> predictive techniques are advanced enough to tell when a devastating
> impact might happen in the near future. But that's not to say an
> asteroid like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs 65m years couldn?t
> come hurtling towards us during our life times.
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> These super-impacts happen extremely rarely, so generally everyone's
> fairly chilled out about it. The smaller ones, on the other hand, are
> much more frequent ? asteroids with diameters of 20m or over come
> within close vicinity of the Earth once every 25 years , yet we have
> failed to invest in the infrastructure required to spot them before they
> arrive.
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> Recognising this dearth of ways to protect ourselves from asteroid
> attacks, researchers at Iowa State University?s Asteroid Deflection
> Research Center have launched a crowd-sourcing campaign to raise funds
> for a new kind of defence system.
>
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> Called the Emergency Asteroid Defence Project (EADP), the hope is to
> build a machine capable of identifying and deflecting incoming objects
> at very short notice.
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> The Hypervelocity Asteroid Intercept Vehicle (HAIV) would be made of two
> parts, working together to kick the asteroid in the opposite direction
> to Earth and then obliterate it into lots of harmless pieces in space.
>
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> But in order to get the project under way, the researchers must raise
> $200,000 (?127,000) through their campaign on Indiegogo. This will go
> towards designing the blueprints for the vehicle and establishing how it
> will be built. As an incentive, funders are being offered gifts such as
> astronaut ice cream and a private dinner with the head of the team.
>
> source: https://email22.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1
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Received on Sun 17 May 2015 04:58:32 PM PDT