Joseph N. Pelton, PhD, is the former Dean of the International Space University, and Executive Board, International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS)
Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange (25 January 1736 – 10 April 1813), was an Italian mathematician and astronomer. He discovered that there are five locations... Read more →
The last few decades has dramatically changed our knowledge about the dangers that near earth objects (NEOs) like asteroids and comets pose to our... Read more →
Sci-fi movies that depict Earth’s near destruction from incoming asteroids like Armageddon or Deep Impact are seen as “scary entertainment” far... Read more →
Although asteroid or comet strikes can inflict enormous damage—as the dinosaurs certain found out some 65 million years ago—the probabilities of... Read more →
Absolutely the worst assumption that people tend to make is that cosmic hazards are remote and that they remain the same over time. When I mention... Read more →
Many people know that the initial design of the Space Shuttle was a matter of dispute between the NASA engineers and officials on one hand and... Read more →
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