Response to Sub-Critical Cosmic Impacts

From The Space Library

Author - M.B Gerrard et al

Co-Author(s) - M. B. Gerrard; J. L. Remo

JBIS Volume # - 52

Page # - 115-120

Year - 1999

Keywords -

JBIS Reference Code # - 1999.52.115

Number of Pages - 6

Abstract

Most literature on the effect of near earth object (NEO) impacts on our planet has focused on extinction-level events of the sort that apparently ended the Cretaceous era 65 million years ago, and that are likely to recur on the order of tens of millions of years[1]. However, subcritical events will occur with much greater frequency that may cause massive but mostly regional or localised damage. The question is, how does the world community prepare for a sub-critical NEO impact (SCI)?

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