This paper presents a comprehensive review of the science and technology of accessing
near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), or making them accessible, for obtaining both information and …

A direct intercept mission with nuclear explosives is the only practical mitigation option
against the most probable impact threat of near-Earth objects (NEOs) with warning times …

Diverting hazardous small bodies on impact trajectories with the Earth can in some
circumstances be impossible without risking disrupting them. Disruption is a much more …

An intercept mission with nuclear explosives is the most effective of the practical mitigation
options against the impact threat of near-Earth objects (NEOs) with a short warning time (eg …

This paper presents the development of simulation tools designed to be implemented as
part of the mission design procedure for nuclear fragmentation and dispersion of a near …

Although various technologies, including nuclear explosions, kinetic impactors, and slow-
pull gravity tractors, have been proposed for mitigating the impact threat of near-Earth …

There is a nationally growing interest in the use of a high-energy nuclear disruption/
fragmentation option for mitigating the most probable impact threat of near-Earth objects …

An intercept mission with nuclear explosives is the only practical mitigation option against
the most probable impact threat of near-Earth objects (NEOs) with a short warning time (eg …

This paper considers the problem of developing statistical orbit predictions of near-Earth
object (NEO) fragmentation for nuclear disruption mission design and analysis. The critical …

This paper focuses on the development of a simulation model for disrupting a Near-Earth
Object (NEO) on terminal approach with the Earth. The problem is simulated numerically …