Presenter Information

Lindley N. Johnson

Location

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms

Start Date

25-4-1995 2:00 PM

End Date

25-4-1995 5:00 PM

Description

Development of this system would benefit from the experience gained by the Air Force Space Command in its "space surveillance" mission for man-made Earth orbiting satellites, which in turn would benefit from technology developed for detection and tracking of asteroids. After such a system is in operation and has completed the initial catalogue, most large objects headed toward Earth could be detected years or even decades in advance, ample time to take action against them.

Comments

World Peace through Vigilance and Diligence

Session Chairman: Timothy J. McMahon, Deputy Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO

Session Organizer: Laurie Jordan

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Paper Session I-B - Preparing for Planetary Defense: Detection and Interception of Asteroids on Collision Course with Earth

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms

Development of this system would benefit from the experience gained by the Air Force Space Command in its "space surveillance" mission for man-made Earth orbiting satellites, which in turn would benefit from technology developed for detection and tracking of asteroids. After such a system is in operation and has completed the initial catalogue, most large objects headed toward Earth could be detected years or even decades in advance, ample time to take action against them.

 

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