Current Projects
As the ADRC’s first major research project, ISGC study will emphasize a “system of systems” approach to the complex problem of developing planetary defense systems against NEOs.
The project will integrate NEO detection, characterization and deflection into a unified and highly multi-disciplinary research program in an effort to develop practically viable and comprehensive planetary defense system architectures both now and for the decades and centuries to come.
Future Projects
ISGC NEO Mission
A new base program of the ISGC at Iowa State is proposed to identify and develop innovative space technologies to be employed for the robotic and human exploration of near-Earth objects (NEOs), in collaboration with NASA.
The program will help the Asteroid Deflection Research Center (ADRC) and the Aerospace Engineering Department at Iowa State establish a sustainable research program of national stature for developing robotic and human space exploration technologies of emerging national interest. Approximately 5 to 7 outstanding undergraduate students of the proposed base program, each year, will actively conduct space technology research to make significant contribution to NASA’s goal of achieving a first human asteroid mission by 2025.