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Project Title:
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Review of Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies, Mitigation Panel
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PIN:
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SSBX-L-08-05-C
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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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Jackson, Paul
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Project Scope
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This panel will address Task 2 in the Statement of Task shown below for the parent committee, whose project record is listed under PIN# SSBX-L-08-05-A. The panel will provide input to the committee in the preparation of the final report from the study. [See also the project record under PIN# SSBX-L-08-05-B for the Survey/Detection Panel, which is executing Task 1.]
The project is sponsored by NASA. The start date for the project is November 4, 2004
The National Research Council Space Studies Board, in cooperation with the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, shall conduct a two-part study to address issues in the detection of potentially hazardous NEOs and approaches to mitigating identified hazards. Both tasks should include an assessment of the costs of various alternatives, using independent cost estimating. Options that blend the use of different facilities (ground- or space-based), or involve international cooperation, may be considered. Each study phase will result in a report of the committee to be delivered on the schedule provided in the contract. Key questions to be addressed during each phase of the study are the following:
Task 1: NEO Surveys
What is the optimal approach to completing the NEO census called for in the George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey section of the 2005 NASA Authorization Act to detect, track, catalogue and characterize the physical characteristics of at least 90% of potentially hazardous NEOs larger than 140 meters in diameter by the end of year 2020? Specific issues to be considered include, but are not limited to, the following:
--What observational, data-reduction, and data-analysis resources are necessary to achieve the Congressional mandate of detecting, tracking, and cataloguing the NEO population of interest?
--What physical characteristics of individual objects above and beyond the determination of accurate orbits should be obtained during the survey to support mitigation efforts?
--What role could be played by the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory in characterizing these objects?
--What are possible roles of other ground- and space-based facilities in addressing survey goals, e.g., potential contributions of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) and the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan STARRS)?
Task 2: NEO Hazard Mitigation
What is the optimal approach to developing a deflection capability, including options with a significant international component? Issues to be considered include, but are not limited to, the following:
--What mitigation strategy should be followed if a potentially hazardous NEO is identified?
--What are the relative merits and costs of various deflection scenarios that have been proposed?
This project is sponsored by NASA.
The start date for this project is November 4, 2008.
Schedule
An interim report, based upon Task 1, shall be produced and delivered to NASA by September 30, 2009. A final report including both Tasks 1 and 2 will be delivered by December 31, 2009.
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Project Duration:
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21 months
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