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Danica Remy serves as President of the B612 Foundation, which leads the private sector efforts in research, analysis, and systems design to protect Earth from asteroids. Danica also co-founded the international program Asteroid Day along with Queen guitarist Dr. Brian May, Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart, and German filmmaker Grigorij Richters.[1]
In 2016, Asteroid Day was sanctioned by the United Nations as an official day to increase global awareness of and education about asteroids.
Early Life[edit]
Remy grew up in San Anselmo, in Marin County, California as a fourth-generation native of the area. She had a childhood fascination with science and technology, and remembers launching homemade rockets with her father and brother. Remy's interest in space exploration was sparked when she and her family went on a camping trip the night before the historic Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, to see the moon one last time while it was still untouched by humanity.[2]
Education[edit]
Remy attended the Independent Learning School (ILS) in Corte Madera, California, where she and her classmates built geodesic domes, an early demonstration of her passion for hands-on learning. She graduated from Redwood High School, Corte Madera, at the age of 16 and pursued her studies in computer science at the College of Marin and San Francisco State University. However, the college curriculum at the time did not fully support her interest in the emerging personal computer revolution, leading her to leave college and forge her own path.[2]
Career and Contributions[edit]
Remy's career began with teaching people, particularly those in the film industry, how to use personal computers. She introduced influential figures like Robert Redford, Sidney Pollack, and Karl Malden to early word-processing and database programs. In 1986, after responding to an ad in the Pacific Sun, she joined The Learning Conferences project. This project involved taking leading academics and businesspeople to locations worldwide to learn about the forces influencing businesses from political, social, economic, technological, and environmental perspectives.[2]
Subsequently, Remy became involved in developing the Global Business Network (GBN), an organization that provided ideas and techniques to help businesses adapt to advancing information and trends. At GBN, she networked with notable individuals such as Peter Gabriel, Michael Porter, and Laurie Anderson to facilitate the Scenario Planning process.[2]
From 2003 to 2012, Remy worked for Tides, a philanthropic partner and nonprofit accelerator dedicated to building a world of shared prosperity and social justice.[2]
Asteroids[edit]
Throughout her career, Remy continuously crossed paths with Rusty Schweickart, an Apollo 9 astronaut and advocate for defending the Earth from asteroids.[3] In 2013, she joined the B612 Foundation as the Chief Operating Officer, working alongside Schweickart and other experts to advocate for planetary defense and to develop solutions to prevent asteroid impacts. The foundation, named after the asteroid in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's book "The Little Prince," achieved significant milestones in asteroid defense research, including the invention of the "Gravity Tractor" concept.[4]
In 2014, Remy joined Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart, Dr. Brian May, the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen, and filmmaker Grig Richters to cofound Asteroid Day. Later, alongside the Association of Space Explorers, they successfully lobbied the United Nations to declare June 30 as International Asteroid Day[5], raising public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard and promoting technology development for detection and mitigation.
She assumed the role of President of the B612 Foundation in 2017. Under her leadership, B612 expanded their capabilities and networking efforts, aiming to build an open-source cloud-based software called the Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) platform.[6] Asteroid Institute, a program of B612, is developing tools to enable at-scale analysis of moving-object data for small body discovery, characterization, and impact monitoring.[7]
Board Memberships[edit]
Remy has served on the board of a number of nonprofit organizations. Since 1995, she has served as the President of Whole Earth Catalog, run by the Point Foundation.[8] Starting in 2004, she has operated as the Vice Chair for Network for Good.[9] Since 2014, Remy has served on the board of The Long Now Foundation.[10] She also sits on the board of the Asteroid Foundation based in Luxembourg[11] and formally Greenwood School in Mill Valley.[12]
Further Reading[edit]
- SpaceWatch.Global - "Space Café Webtalk Recap: How Danica Remy Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Asteroids"
- TEDxVilinus - "Changing the Future One Rock at a Time? | Danica Remy"
- IMDb - "Danica Remy"
- B612 Foundation - "Danica Remy"
- Asteroid Day - "Danica Remy"
References[edit]
- ^ Day, Asteroid (2018-05-07). "Danica Remy". Asteroid Day. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ a b c d e "Mill Valley Living ::: February 2022. FOR THE LOVE OF THE PLANET, Danica Remy DARES TO LOOK UP by Mount Tam Media - Issuu". issuu.com. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "Mill Valley' Danica Remy works to protect Earth from asteroids while inspiring people to learn about them". Marin Independent Journal. 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ fowlertm. "An interview with Danica Remy on protecting the Earth from asteroids".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Nations, United. "International Asteroid Day". United Nations. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Foundation, B612. "Asteroid Institute Uses Revolutionary Cloud-Based Astrodynamics Platform to Discover and Track Asteroids". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Institute, Asteroid. "Asteroid Institute". b612.ai. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "Point Foundation, Danica Remy collection". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "Network For Good | About Us :: Board of Directors". www.networkforgood.org. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "Long Now Board Members". Long Now. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "Asteroid Foundation Board". Asteroid Foundation. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "Case Studies". CMUGroup.com. Retrieved 2024-03-25.