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Projects: Shoemaker NEO GrantsThe Planetary Society's Gene Shoemaker NEO Grants Make Things Happen!Read what NEO researchers and grant recipients have had to say about The Planetary Society's Shoemaker NEO Grant program. “The Planetary Society and its NEO Grant recipients have contributed enormously to this important branch of astronomy. In particular, NEO follow-up observations are critical to assessing impact danger, and your grant winners have excelled at these.” Alan Harris, astronomer and world-renowned
NEO expert "The Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts that took place ten years ago were among the most memorable periods of our lives. With all the attention being focused on space at that time, I remember Gene, Carolyn, and I talking about how it would be nice to 'Take all this enthusiasm and put it in a bottle, somehow keeping it alive.' The Shoemaker grants are a way of doing that. Through encouraging observers to search for and do research in asteroids and comets, the grants are helping our understanding of the role that these objects have played in the evolution of the solar system." David Levy, co-discoverer (along with Gene
and Carolyn Shoemaker) "It is admirable, useful, and reasonable that the Planetary Society supports NEO research through the Shoemaker NEO Grants. This grant program helps astronomers working in smaller countries to take part in world-wide NEO research including study of objects potentially hazardous for humankind." Jana Ticha, Czech astronomer and recipient of a 2000 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Also check out the updates and progress reports from other grant recipients |
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