Asteroid Threat : Defending Our Planet from Deadly Near-earth Objects (9781616149147) (35 page)

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Yeomans, Donald K.,
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Young, John W.,
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Yurevich, Mikhail,
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Zanoguera, Antonio Camargo,
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William E. Burrows, professor emeritus of journalism and mass communication at New York University, is the author of twelve books and numerous articles in the
New York Times
, the
Washington Post
, the
Wall Street Journal
,
Foreign Affairs
, and other publications. His previous books include
The Survival Imperative: Using Space to Protect Earth
;
By Any Means Necessary: America's Secret Air War in the Cold War
;
The Infinite Journey: Eyewitness Accounts of NASA and the Age of Space
;
This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age
;
Mission to Deep Space: Voyagers' Journey of Discovery
;
Exploring Space: Voyages in the Solar System and Beyond
; and
Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security
. He is the coauthor (with Robert Windrem) of
Critical Mass: The Dangerous Race for Superweapons in a Fragmenting World
. Burrows was the only nonscientist on the National Research Council's Near-Earth Object Survey and Detection Panel. In recognition of his distinguished career and expertise, NASA has named a Main Belt asteroid after him, and he is a recipient of the American Astronautical Society John F. Kennedy Astronautics Award, among other honors.