Projects: Shoemaker NEO Grants
History
The Planetary Society has supported the study of potentially
hazardous Near Earth Objects (NEOs) since the early 1980s. Following
the untimely death of NEO researcher and Society friend Gene Shoemaker
in 1997, The Planetary Society dedicated this grant program in his name
to support amateurs and underfunded professionals in the endeavor to reduce
the uncertainty of the risk posed by NEOs to the Earth. To date, the
Society has awarded 32 Shoemaker NEO grants totaling more than $202,000
to observers around the world.
The 2009 Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
$18,300 were awarded to Russel Durkee, Robert Holmes, and Gary Hug.
The 2007 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
$34,500 was awarded to Eric
J. Allen, Robert E. Holmes, Jr., Jean-Claude
Pelle, Donald P. Pray, Giovanni Sostero, Brian D. Warner, and Quanzhi Ye.
The 2005 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
$32,500
was awarded to Peter Birtwhistle, Erich Meyer, Gianluca Masi, James W.
Ashley, and David J. Higgins.
The 2002 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
$28,290 was awarded to James McGaha, John Broughton, Matt Dawson, Roy Tucker,
and Richard Kowalski.
The 2000 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
$33,700 was awarded to David Dixon, Jana Ticha, Tabare Gallardo, and Cristovao
Jacques.
The 1998 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
$27,000 was awarded to Stefan Gajdos, Paulo Holvorcem, and Frank Zoltowski.
The 1997 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
$33,274 was awarded to Gordon Garradd, Kirill Zamarashkin, Walter Wild,
and Bill Holiday.
The Man Passing By on His Way to the Moon
In 1997 The Planetary Society lost one of its greatest friends, and the
world lost one of its greatest planetary scientists. Gene Shoemaker
was killed in a car crash in the Australian outback doing what he loved
-- searching for impact craters. Instead of the traditional obituary,
we have printed something that we feel comes far closer to catching the
spirit of the man than any recitation of facts.
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