Editing Asteroid impact avoidance (section)

== References ==
=== Citations ===
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=== General bibliography ===
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* [[Luis Walter Alvarez|Luis Alvarez]] et al. 1980 paper in ''Science'' magazine on the great mass extinction 65 million years ago that led to the proliferation of mammal species such as the rise of the human race, thanks to [[Impact event|asteroid-impact]], a controversial theory in its day, now generally accepted.
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* Clark R. Chapman, Daniel D. Durda & Robert E. Gold (February 24, 2001) ''Impact Hazard, a Systems Approach'', white paper on public policy issues associated with the impact hazard, at [http://www.boulder.swri.edu/clark/neowp.html boulder.swri.edu]
* [[Donald W. Cox]], and [[James H. Chestek]]. 1996. ''Doomsday Asteroid: Can We Survive?'' New York: Prometheus Books. {{ISBN|1-57392-066-5}}. (Note that despite its sensationalist title, this is a good treatment of the subject and includes a nice discussion of the collateral [[space development]] possibilities.)
* Izzo, D., Bourdoux, A., Walker, R. and Ongaro, F.; "Optimal Trajectories for the Impulsive Deflection of NEOs"; Paper IAC-05-C1.5.06, 56th International Astronautical Congress, Fukuoka, Japan, (October 2005). Later published in Acta Astronautica, Vol. 59, No. 1-5, pp.&nbsp;294–300, April 2006, available in [http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/publications/pub-mad.htm esa.int – The first scientific paper proving that Apophis can be deflected by a small sized kinetic impactor.]
* David Morrison. [http://www.csicop.org/si/9705/asteroid.html "Is the Sky Falling?"], ''[[Skeptical Inquirer]]'' 1997.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060114085628/http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/downloads/NEO_Chapter_1.pdf?ID=113 David Morrison, Alan W Harris, Geoff Summer, Clark R. Chapman, & Andrea Carusi  ''Dealing with Impact Hazard'', 2002 technical summary]
* [[Kunio M. Sayanagi]]. [https://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2008/04/04/how-to-deflect-an-asteroid "How to Deflect an Asteroid"]. ''[[Ars Technica]]'' (April 2008).
* [[Russell L. Schweickart]], [[Edward T. Lu]], [[Piet Hut]] and [[Clark R. Chapman]]; "The Asteroid Tugboat"; ''[[Scientific American]]'' (November 2003). Vol. 289, No. 5, pp.&nbsp;54–61. {{JSTOR|26060526}}.
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* [[Furfaro, Emily]]. NASA's DART Data Validates Kinetic Impact as Planetary Defense Method, NASA, 28 Feb. 2023, [https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-dart-data-validates-kinetic-impact-as-planetary-defense-method].