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.
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.
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