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August 26, 2010

SENATOR NELSON ON BOARD FOR DEALING WITH POSSIBLE 2022 IMPACT HAZARD

Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) Sec.201 (b) UNITED STATES HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT CAPABILITIES.—Congress reaffirms the policy stated in section 501(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16761(a)), that the United States shall maintain an uninterrupted capability for human space flight and operations in low-Earth orbit, and beyond, as an essential…

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August 26, 2010

New Paper: Greenland Ice sheet shows diamond rich layer at Younger Dryas Boundary

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August 23, 2010

Again, again, again and again: Jupiter hit far more often than NASA models predict

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August 10, 2010

Breaking: PNAS paper finds no diamonds; Claims YD team mistaken in identification

Impact Hypothesis Loses Its Sparkle: Shock-Synthesized Diamonds Said to Prove Catastrophic Impact Killed Off N. American Megafauna Can’t Be Found enlarge Tyrone Daulton is pictured with the transmission electron microscrope he used to search in vain for shock-synthesized nanodiamonds, evidence that a extraterrestrial object such as a meteorite killed off North American megafauna. (Credit…

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August 10, 2010

Clayton's Craters and other cool stuff in the Sahara

I haven’t blogged in a few days while investigating the odd features of the Egyptian-Libyan Sahara. I first started poking around this subject following the announcement of the fresh and appetizing Kamil Crater in the central-western Egyptian Sahara. This got me to looking into the subject of other purported craters in the Sahara. I had no idea that a controversy has brewed for…

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August 3, 2010

Hustle Up Workshop: Week's notice for NASA NEO confab

Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 [email protected] Aug. 2, 2010 MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-105 NASA Hosts Workshop To Discuss Exploring Near Earth Objects WASHINGTON — NASA will host an interactive workshop to identify objectives for exploration missions to near-Earth objects, or NEOs, on Aug. 10-11 at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington. The event will…

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July 31, 2010

Shootout: YDB hypothesis debate at Laramie AMQUA conference

See session proceedings here. Session 5: Comet Impact as the Cause of the Younger Dryas: Pros and Cons Chair: Dan Muhs Allen West 1:00 p.m. Allen West – The Younger Dryas impact controversy: Exploring the competing hypotheses for the deposition of nanodiamonds, magnet c spherules, and other evidence at 12.9 ka Todd Surovell 1:30 p.m. Todd Surovell – Magnetic grains and microspherules from…

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July 28, 2010

Moon to Earth: New LRO Lunar Crater Analysis has potential to revise impact frequency for Terrafirma

By comparing the LRO pictures with images collected by Apollo missions in the 1970s, they have found five craters that have appeared in the past four decades. That is helping the team to determine how frequently objects strike the Moon, says planetary geologist Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona in Tucson. They have only surveyed a small sliver of the Moon, and expect to find more craters…

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July 25, 2010

The Very Small Kamil Crater Discovered In Egypt

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July 24, 2010

Rohrabacher keeps eyes to the sky while others pols dawdle

Two great Americans We need to take the next step. Our NEO search and tracking program continues to move forward, but nobody is taking responsibility for protection. I am more confident than ever in our ability to identify potential threats from asteroids and comets, but it is critical to the future of humanity that we develop the capabilities to protect ourselves from those…

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SENATOR NELSON ON BOARD FOR DEALING WITH POSSIBLE 2022 IMPACT HAZARD

New Paper: Greenland Ice sheet shows diamond rich layer at Younger Dryas Boundary

Again, again, again and again: Jupiter hit far more often than NASA models predict

Breaking: PNAS paper finds no diamonds; Claims YD team mistaken in identification

Clayton's Craters and other cool stuff in the Sahara

Hustle Up Workshop: Week's notice for NASA NEO confab

Shootout: YDB hypothesis debate at Laramie AMQUA conference

Moon to Earth: New LRO Lunar Crater Analysis has potential to revise impact frequency for Terrafirma

The Very Small Kamil Crater Discovered In Egypt

Rohrabacher keeps eyes to the sky while others pols dawdle

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