[FPSPACE] The Asteroid Deflection Research Center (ADRC)

[LARRY KLAES]

An Asteroid Deflection Research Center (ADRC) has been established
on the Iowa State campus to bring researchers from around the world
to develop asteroid deflection technologies. The center was signed into
effect in April by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.

“In the early 1990s, scientists around the world initiated studies to
assess and devise methods to prevent near-Earth objects from striking 
Earth,”
said Bong Wie, the Vance D. Coffman Chair Professor in Aerospace Engineering
and director of the center.

“However, it is now 2008, and there is no consensus on how to
reliably deflect them in a timely manner,” he noted.

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