Large Asteroid Impacts@

» Asteroid Scare Prompts NASA to Formalize Response    An unprecedented asteroid scare in January 2004 has prompted NASA to set up a formal process for notifying top officials in the future of any impending impacts.    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/asteroid_warning_040322.html

» BBC News: Government Prepares for Space Impact    The UK government is to establish a panel of experts to advise on the risk of the Earth being hit by an asteroid or comet, and plans for evacuation and/or deflection.    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/541376.stm

» CNN - Scientists Want to be Ready to Block Asteroid from Hitting Earth    Scientists gather to discuss ways of aggressively defending the planet from an asteroid, including detonating nukes in space.    http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/02/24/defending.earth.ap/

» China Daily: Dangerous Space Rocks Under Watch    Astronomers say they are well on their way to finding every asteroid that poses a threat.    http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-04/09/content_321944.htm

» Impact    Describes the threat of a comet impact with Earth and provides a plan of action to survive a large impact.    http://personals.galaxyinternet.net/tunga/

» Impact Parameters    Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.    http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/

» Meteor Defense    An argument for reducing global tension by developing a defense against impacts with Near Earth Objects.    http://128.192.54.192/bobk/meteor.html

» The SpaceGuard UK Portal    National focus in the UK for studies into the threat posed to the Earth by collisions with asteroids and comets.    http://www.spaceguarduk.com/

» U.S. Summons Experts to Draft Asteroid Defense Plan    A Cincinnati Post news story about a meeting called by the U.S. government on the chances of an asteroid strike and a possible defense for it.    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/06/0607_020607_wirasteroid.html