Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Taking part in a London presentation to promote Asteroid day, Lord Martin Rees, Grigorij Richters, and Dr. Brian May, astrophysicist and famed guitarist for the rock band Queen.
Photo by Max Alexander/Asteroid Day – London

A unique effort is now underway to establish an Asteroid Day.

As part of the initiative, a number of well-known dignitaries have put forth the 100x Asteroid Declaration, advocating the vital need for Near-Earth Asteroid detection.

Asteroid Day is to be held on the anniversary of the 1908 Siberian Tunguska event, the largest asteroid impact on Earth in recent history.

The Asteroid Day 100x Declaration was signed by astronauts, scientists, Nobel laureates, technologists and artists.

The 100x Asteroid Declaration’s call to action is as follows:

— Employ available technology to detect and track Near-Earth Asteroids that threaten human populations via governments and private and philanthropic organizations.

— A rapid hundred-fold (100x) acceleration of the discovery and tracking of Near-Earth Asteroids to 100,000 per year within the next ten years.

— Global adoption of Asteroid Awareness Day, heightening awareness of the asteroid hazard and our efforts to prevent impacts, on June 30, 2015.

For more information on this initiative, and how you can take part, go to:

http://www.asteroidday.org/declaration

Also, get an eye full with a series of videos by going to:

http://www.asteroidday.org/video/