Planetary Defense Coordination Office
The Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) is a facility of the US space agency NASA in Washington DC that deals with planetary defense .
It was founded in early 2016. The PDCO is a coordination point for possible measures to protect against impacts . It is affiliated with the Planetary Science Division and is headed by Lindley Johnson.
See also
Web links
- How NASA's planetary defense officer will protect Earth from asteroids washingtonpost.com
- NASA sets up a defense against asteroid strikes wired.de
- NATIONAL NEAR-EARTH OBJECT PREPAREDNESS STRATEGY (PDF, whitehouse.gov)
- Rob Landis, Lindley Johnson: Advances in planetary defense in the United States sciencedirect.com
- NASA's asteroid defense program aiming for more impact politico.com
Individual evidence
- ^ NASA: Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Retrieved February 4, 2016 .
- ↑ https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/overview
- ↑ Martin Holland: Asteroids: NASA sets up department for planetary defense. Heise, January 11, 2016, accessed on February 5, 2016 .
- ↑ NASA: NASA Office to Coordinate Asteroid Detection, Hazard Mitigation. January 7, 2016, accessed February 5, 2016 .
- ^ NASA: Lindley Neil Johnson. (No longer available online.) November 2, 2011, archived from the original on February 13, 2016 ; accessed on February 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
