An approach to assessing the technological cost/benefits of critical and sub-critical cosmic impact prevention

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 461-470

  Remo, John L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVE; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; HUMAN LIVES; LONG-TERM INVESTMENT; NEAR EARTH OBJECTS; SUB-CRITICAL; WORKER PRODUCTIVITIES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 0009353496     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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