If you want to do something fun one evening, and maybe save the planet while you are at it, check out the new app
Asteroid Data Hunter. Brought to you by NASA and Planetary Resources, all you need to help is your own telescope. Here is what it is about:
Protecting the Earth from the threat of asteroid impacts means first knowing where they are. NASA is harnessing the incredible potential of innovators, makers and citizen scientists by opening up the search. In an increasingly connected world, NASA recognizes the value of the public as a partner in addressing some of the country’s most pressing challenges. We need your help in identifying asteroids – and to help further this effort, we’ve built an application that enables everyone, everywhere, to help solve this global challenge.
My only question is whether Planetary Resources will share some of its mining wealth with those who detect the most profitable asteroid. I think I already know the answer to that one.
