Happy new year! Things have been a little bit quiet around here with the winter holidays, so we’re listing out all the new publications for the last three weeks in one fell swoop to get the year started with a bang.
Also, don’t forget to check out the YouTube video that accompanies Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Disease.
Featured Publication
Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies: Interim Report (final)
The United States is currently the only country with an active, government-sponsored effort to detect and track potentially hazardous near-Earth objects (NEOs). Congress has mandated that NASA detect and track 90 percent of NEOs that are 1 kilometer in diameter or larger. These objects represent a great potential hazard to life on Earth and could cause global destruction. NASA is close to accomplishing this goal. Congress has more recently mandated that by 2020 NASA should detect and track 90 percent of NEOs that are 140 meters in diameter or larger, a category of objects that is generally recognized to represent a very significant threat to life on Earth if they strike in or near urban areas. Achieving this goal may require the building of one or more additional observatories, possibly including a space-based observatory.
Congress directed NASA to ask the National Research Council to review NASA’s near-Earth object programs. This interim report addresses some of the issues associated with the survey and detection of NEOs. The final report will contain findings and recommendations for survey and detection, characterization, and mitigation of near-Earth objects based on an integrated assessment of the problem.
All New Publications, 12/21/09 – 01/08/09
Phase I Report on Review of the Testing of Body Armor Materials for Use by the U.S. Army: Letter Report (final)
Information Assurance for Network-Centric Naval Forces (prepublication)
Engineering Curricula: Understanding the Design Space and Exploiting the Opportunities: Summary of a Workshop (final)
The Domestic and International Impacts of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic: Global Challenges, Global Solutions: Workshop Summary (prepublication)
Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts (final)
Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases (final)
Intangible Assets: Measuring and Enhancing Their Contribution to Corporate Value and Economic Growth: Summary of a Workshop (final)
Evaluation of NSF’s Program of Grants and Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE) (final)
An Assessment of NASA’s National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service (final)