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Project Title:
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Review of Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies
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SSBX-L-08-05-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Sub Unit:
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Aeronautics & Space Engineering Board
Space Studies Board
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RSO:
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Day, Dwayne
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Review of Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies, Steering Group Meeting 1
December 9, 2008 - December 11, 2008
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Dwayne A. Day
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| Email:
dday@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-3011
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Fax:
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Agenda:
Committee to Review Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies: Steering Committee
National Research Council
Keck Building Room 204, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
December 9-11, 2008
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
OPEN SESSION
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Congressional Perspectives on Study Dick Obermann, House S&T Committee
Ed Feddeman, House S&T Committee
Michelle Burkett, House Appropriations
Committee (invited)
11:15 am NASA’s NEO Observation Program Lindley Johnson, NASA SMD
12:15 pm Committee Discussion Continues
(Lunch will be served in the meeting room, committee discussion will continue)
12:45 pm Arecibo’s Role in NEO Characterization Don Campbell, National Astronomy and
Ionosphere Center, Cornell
1:45 pm NASA Perspectives on Study Jim Green, NASA SMD
2:45 pm NASA NEO Survey and Deflection Analysis of Alternatives Study Rodney Liesveld, NASA PA&E
3:45 pm Break
4:00 pm B612 Foundation Rusty Schweickart, B612 Foundation
5:00 pm Committee Discussion Continues
5:30 pm Committee and invited guests will convene at an alternate location for
the Working Committee Dinner
6:00 pm Committee Discussion
8:00 pm Adjourn for the day
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
OPEN SESSION
9:00 am The Minor Planets Center’s Role in NEO Tracking Tim Spahr, Minor Planets Center
10:00 am The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Steve Chesley, JPL
11:00 am Break
11:15 am LINEAR and the 2003 NEO Study Grant Stokes, MIT
12:15 pm Committee Discussion
(Lunch will be served in the meeting room, committee discussion will continue)
1:00 pm The Catalina Sky Survey Steve Larson, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
U. of Arizona
2:00 pm Pan-STARRS Institute for Astronomy representative (invited)
3:00 pm Break
Thursday, December 11, 2008
3:30 pm CLOSED SESSION
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Irwin Shapiro
Faith Vilas
Mike A'Hearn
Frank Culbertson
Jay Melosh
Andrew Cheng
David Jewitt
Stephen Mackwell
Bong Wie
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Balance and composition of the committee. Need for additional expertise, including expertise for the survey/detection group. Future meeting dates and planning for the next meeting. The committee's request for information draft. How to address the cost estimates issue. The mitigation panel expertise and suggested candidates.
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
Draft request for information, outline of meeting dates, list of categories of expertise for the mitigation panel.
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
December 11, 2008
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