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B612 Foundation         
  • "Assessing the Risks, Impacts and Solutions for Space Threats"; testimony before a U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science & Space, March 2013<ref name="SpacePolicyOnline.com-2013.04.04" /> (video)
  • Dr. Scott Hubbard, Sentinel Program Architect
  • Comet Tempel 1]]
  • NASA Dryden]] F-18 astronomy mission
  • Deep Impact being crashed into Comet Tempel 1 in July 2005 (photographed from a companion spacecraft), an example of a technique that can alter a NEO's trajectory.
  • Dr. Harold Reitsema, Sentinel Mission Director
  • UN COPUOS]]
  • Ed Lu, co-founder and executive director, Asteroid Institute a B612 program
  • Dr. Marc Buie, Sentinel Mission Scientist
  • The 1,200 meter-wide [[Meteor Crater]] in [[Arizona]], United States, created by a 46 meter-diameter asteroid impact. A visitors centre is visible beyond the far rim.
  • Dr. Piet Hut, B612 Foundation co-founder and strategic adviser
  • Ball Aerospace]]
  • Dr. Tom Jones, strategic adviser
  • Tom Gavin, Chair, Sentinel Standing Review Team (SSRT)
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
B612 Project; B-612 Project; Daniel David Durda; Dan Durda; Tom Gavin; John Troeltzsch; B621 Foundation; Clark R. Chapman
The B612 Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation headquartered in Mill Valley, California, United States, dedicated to planetary science and planetary defense against asteroids and other near-Earth object (NEO) impacts. It is led mainly by scientists, former astronauts and engineers from the Institute for Advanced Study, Southwest Research Institute, Stanford University, NASA and the space industry.
Foundation (nonprofit)         
  • Chart of a foundation
TYPE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
Charitable foundation; Philanthropic Foundation; Non-profit charity; Foundation (charity); List of foundation; Philanthropic foundation; Philanthropic foundations; Foundation (nonprofit organization); Foundation (non-profit); Nonprofit foundation; Foundation (philanthropic organization); Charitable foundations
A foundation (also a charitable foundation) is a category of nonprofit organization or charitable trust that typically provides funding and support for other charitable organizations through grants, but may also engage directly in charitable activities. Foundations include public charitable foundations, such as community foundations, and private foundation, which are typically endowed by an individual or family.
Albéniz Foundation         
PRIVATE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION PROMOTING CLASSICAL MUSIC IN SPAIN
Albeniz Foundation
The Albéniz Foundation (Fundación Albéniz in Spanish), is a private non-profit organisation promoting classical music in Spain through its programmes: the Reina Sofía School of Music, the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, the Isaac Albéniz Library and Research Centre, and the International Chamber Music Institute of Madrid. The foundation is named after the Spanish composer and pianist Isaac Albéniz, as he represents the renaissance of Spanish music at the beginning of the 20th century in Europe.
Examples of use of B612 Foundation
1. America‘s B612 Foundation, which aims to defend Earth from asteroid impacts, last year warned U.S.
2. NASA‘s review of the issue was triggered by a letter from the B612 Foundation.
3. Schweickart heads the B612 Foundation, an organization of experts who advocate developing a spacecraft that can alter an asteroid‘s speed enough to keep it from colliding with Earth.
4. "You‘re going to be wearing a backpack and flying around," says Rusty Schweickart, an Apollo ' astronaut who is now chairman of the B612 Foundation, whose goal is "to significantly alter the orbit of an asteroid, in a controlled manner, by 2015." Astronauts might explore the asteroid from inside their spacecraft using remotely controlled instruments, or they might anchor their spacecraft to the surface of the asteroid by firing hooks into the object and reeling themselves in.
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