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Leading the campaign for a global response to NEOs and a closer exploration of their physical make up is former astronaut Russell Schweickart, who piloted the lunar module of Apollo 9 in 1969.
CNN: Space's threat to civilization
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The award would be presented to each crewmember from all 12 three-man Apollo missions, including the Apollo 7 and 9 Earth-orbit flights as well as the Apollo 1 crew, which perished in a launch pad fire in 1967.
CNN: House approves moon rock giveaway to Apollo survivors
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According to a recent Senate probe of the for-profit education industry, more than 60% of the students Apollo enrolled in 2008-9 had withdrawn by the middle of 2010.
FORBES: Apollo's $5 Million Course in Greed