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Project Title: Review of Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies, Mitigation Panel

PIN: SSBX-L-08-05-C         

Major Unit:
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

Sub Unit:
Aeronautics & Space Engineering Board
Space Studies Board

RSO:
Jackson, Paul

Subject/Focus Area:



Review of Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies, Mitigation Panel
June 23, 2009 - June 25, 2009
J. Erik Johnson Woods Hole Center
314 Quissett Ave.
Woods Hole, Massachussets


If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: Andrea Rebholz
Email: arebholz@nas.edu
Phone: (202) 334-2858
Fax:


Agenda:

Draft Agenda, updated June 17

Tuesday, June 23, 2009


OPEN SESSION
12:00 noon Working Lunch
1:00 pm Mitigation Proposal from Texas A&M, David Hyland, Texas A&M
2:00 pm Teleconference: NEODESYS Mitigation Proposal Brian Pitchford, Special Aerospace Services (SAS)
3:00 pm Break


OPEN SESSION
5:30 pm Break
6:00 pm Committee Discussion continues during Working Dinner
8:00 pm Adjourn for the day

Wednesday, June 24, 2009


OPEN SESSION
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Videoconference: Richard Crowther, UN COPUOS
International Efforts on NEOs

11:15 am Videoconference: Don Quijote Andres Galvez, ESA
12:15 pm Working Lunch


OPEN SESSION
2:30 pm Teleconference: International Legal Issues Frans von der Dunk, U. of Nebraska
3:30 pm Break
3:45 pm Tele/ Videoconference: Disaster Management Karlene Roberts, U. C. Berkeley
4:45 pm Open Discussion



Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Michael A'Hearn
Mark Boslough
Clark R. Chapman
Sigrid Close
James A. Dator
David S. P. Dearborn
Keith A. Holsapple
David Y. Kusnierkiewicz
Paulo Lozano
Edward D. Mc Cullough
H. Jay Melosh
David Nash
Daniel J. Scheeres
Sarah Stewart-Mukhopadhyay


The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
day one
• Goals of the Meeting
• Bias and Conflict (for Jay Melosh)
• Schedule of the Study
• Review Steering & Detection Meetings
• Discuss Writing Assignments from
Mitigation Meeting 1
• Discuss Outline of the Final Report
• Discuss Mitigation Panel’s Role in the Final Report
• Discuss Cost Estimators
• Discuss Select Presentations made to Steering Committee and/or Detection Panel
• Other Issues
Day two
Nuclear Options for Mitigation

Day three
Plan for the Future and Discussion
(not necessarily in the following order)
• Speakers to invite to Meeting 3
• Key issues not addressed yet in presentations
• Writing Assignments
• Specific needs from detection panel
• Other issues



The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
none

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: July 8, 2009



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