Decision program on asteroid threat mitigation

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 65, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 1402-1408

  Schweickart, Russell L ^a  

^a Association of Space Explorers ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Deflection; Impact; Near Earth object; NEO; UN; United nations

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION; IMPACT; NEAR-EARTH OBJECT; NEO; UN; UNITED NATIONS;

ASTEROIDS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; DECISION MAKING; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 69249242840     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.03.069     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Since the presentation of this paper at the Glasgow IAC in October 2008, the ASE report was formally introduced in the February 2009 UN COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, and the Report and its recommendations are under active consideration by COPUOS.
2. Association of Space Explorers (ASE) 〈http://www.space-explorers.org〉.
3. Panel on asteroid threat mitigation (PATM), convened by ASE-NEO Committee in its First International Workshop on the NEO threat, Strasbourg, France, May 9-12, 2007 〈http://www.space-explorers.org/committees/NEO/workshop1.html〉.
4. Open Letter of the Association of Space Explorers, in: 19th Annual Congress, Salt Lake City, 14 October 2005 〈http://www.space-explorers.org/committees/NEO/docs/Open_Letter.pdf〉.
5. Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System 〈http://pan-starrs.ifa.Hawaii.edu/public/〉.
6. Large Synoptic Survey Telescope 〈http://www.lsst.org/lsst〉.
7. 〈http://www.lsst.org/lsst_home.shtml〉.
8. Total impulse equals the amount of momentum change imparted to an object.
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