Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as keys to the enhancement of public awareness about potential earth impacts

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-179

  Usikov, Denis A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

ICT; International cooperation; NEO impacts; Public awareness

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NETWORK SECURITY;

DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS; DEVELOPING STRATEGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; NEO IMPACTS; PLANETARY DEFENSE; POTENTIAL THREATS; PUBLIC AWARENESS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 84885584942     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. NASA, ESA, RKA, JAXA, ISRO, UN-COPUOS, IAA, IADC, Secure World Foundation (SWF), Association of Space Explorers (ASE), PASSC, The International Astronomical Union (IAU) etc.
2. An example of this is http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/, which still exists but has apparently not been updated since sometime in 2010.
3. Example: Clark R. Chapman. Website: http://www.boulder.swri.edu/- cchapman.
4. White Paper: Summary And Recommendations. AIAA 2007 Planetary Defense Conference. P. 2.5.2. Website: http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/news-detail.cfm?ID= 173.
5. World Internet Usage Statistics. Website: http://www.internetworldstats. com/stats.htm
6. ITU: There Are Now Over 1 Billion Users Of Social Media Worldwide, Most On Mobile. May 14th, 2012. Website: http://techcrunch.com
7. 1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids. 27-30 April 2009. Granada, Spain. Website: http://www.congrex.nl/09c04/
8. Key points and recommendations. 2011 IAA Planetary Defense Conference. 9-12 May 2011. Bucharest, Romania. Website: http://www.pdc2011.org/