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Ever hear of raising money to fend off incoming, Earth-bruising Near Earth Objects?
That’s the ticket on January 13 at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California. You can join in on the cosmic cause and rub elbows with astronauts, cosmonauts, industry leaders and concerned citizens.
Money raised will support a series of international workshops that will draft a United Nations Treaty on Near Earth Object (NEO) deflection. It’ll take a core sum of $250,000 to hold the UN workshops sponsored by the Association of Space Explorers.
The fundraiser is being led by Russell Schweickart, Apollo 9 astronaut.
Among a host of activities, those attending will be treated to the first west coast showing of “Cosmic Collisions” - a new immersive full dome planetarium production from the American Museum of Natural History.
“If a Near Earth Object — whether large or small, tomorrow or next century — strikes Earth, our lives on this blue planet will be forever changed. We can act together to prevent such a catastrophe,” the invite explains.
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