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  1. Measurement and Analysis of Apophis Trajectory (MAAT) was a concept study for a small low cost science mission to asteroid Apophis 99942
  2. The 2009 Orionid Meteor Shower is at it's peak this week:. Check out information and viewing guide http://bit.ly/3O5pjh
  3. Small asteroid 2009 TM8 will pass Earth safely on 10/17 by 348,000 km, slightly closer than the orbit of our moon. Thanks @AsteroidWatch
  4. Apophis collision less likely in 2036 reduced from 1 in 45,000 to 1 in 250,000 http://bit.ly/1K4eeB
  5. Presentation went well @ smallsat, good questions and lots of interest
  6. Team presentation on MAAT for SmallSat Conference tomorrow in Session IV: Recent & Future Missions @ www.smallsat.org
  7. Team preparing for the SmallSat Conference where we have a 20 page overview of the mission concept and design: http://www.smallsat.org/
  8. SETI Colloquium Series Tomorrow: The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3, Peter Jenniskens http://www.seti.org/Page.as...
  9. Detailed paper submitted to SmallSat Conference look forward to meeting all and discussing Small Spacecraft Missions http://www.smallsat.org
  10. Team presenting MAAT concept at IAA Planetary Defense Conference http://www.congrex.nl/09c04/
  11. Mission is in PopSci news: http://tinyurl.com/dyd6vm
  12. Team working on papers and posters for: 1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids http://www.congrex.nl/09c04/
  13. Association of Space Explorers on Asteroid Threat Mitigation: http://tinyurl.com/cullf7
  14. @NLSI of course they are very versatile the up coming LADEE mission is a "small sat"
  15. Paper accepted to the SmallSat Conference, Utah State University, August 10–13, 2009 http://www.smallsat.org/
  16. Team is hard working on publications for several conferences, trying to get input from others on the mission design.
  17. The MAAT concept mission has papers, posters & presentation at the 1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference, Spain http://www.congrex.nl/09c04/
  18. 2-part study for issues concerning Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) http://tinyurl.com/c6orfg
  19. Happy new year to all from the MAAT team! We are looking forward to presenting at a few upcoming conferences and hopefully more mission work
  20. MAAT team submitted abstracts to 1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids http://www.congrex.nl/09c04...