The Sentinel Mission is their plan to fund privately a spacecraft specialized for observing and counting all the near earth asteroids.
Below is a video of a recent talk by former Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart on
the status of the global efforts to protect life on the planet from the devastation of large asteroid impacts and about our prospects of avoiding the same fate as the dinosaurs.
In this issue’s President’s Corner, ISEC President Dr. Peter Swan challenges readers to provide input on why humanity wants and needs a space elevator. We also provide the first entry to this challenge, this from Art Dula of the Heinlein Prize Trust….
… This eNewsletter also lets you know about (not one but) two Kickstarter campaigns, aimed at raising money to finalize documentaries about the space elevator – we encourage you to visit the Kickstarter sites and financially support one or both of these worthy campaigns. And, due to popular demand, the ISEC reports are now available in electronic (pdf) format – this eNewsletter shows you how to order your own copies