I may be slow off the mark, but... it looks like "Planetary Defense" is the new pseudonym & cover for "Star Wars" .. I think I heard about a very successful test of some of the new systems capabilities recently, and surprisingly NO COMMENT from Chinese or Russian governments, who had previously objected strenously to "SDI" aka "Star Wars Defense".
Finally I'm understanding the purpose of the HUGE IBM supercomputer and the large amount of new fibre-optic laid in Maui, where I used to live... and the new Air Force observatory/cameras high atop Haleakala (14,000')....
Dave Hartley
http://www.Asheville-Computer.com
http://www.ioa.com/~davehart
PLANETARY DEFENSE: THE LEGALITY OF GLOBAL SURVIVAL
By Lieutenant Colonel John C. Kunich, USAF
Lieutenant Colonel Kunich
(B.S. and M.S., University of Illinois at
Chicago, J.D., Harvard Law School,
LL.M., George Washington University
School of Law) is the Chief of the
Compliance and Planning Branch, Air
Force Environmental Law and Litigation
Division. He is a member of the
Illinois State Bar.
See site below for
this text.
http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc080698.html
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also (below) :
Proceedings of the Planetary Defense Workshop
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
Livermore, California
May 22-26, 1995
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Contents
- Organizing Committee
- Workshop Sponsoring Organizations
- Planetary Defense Workshop Participants (PDF 432K)
Introductory Matter
- Introduction, John H. Nuckolls (PDF 16K)
- The Need for Experiments on Comets and Asteroids, Edward Teller (PDF 496K)
- Integration Summary Report, Gregory H. Canavan
- Threat/Detection Summary Report, Eugene M. Shoemaker (PDF 16K)
- Interdiction Summary Report, Vadim A. Simonenko, Robert Barker (PDF 144K)
- Experiments Summary Report, John Mansfield, Stewart Nozette (PDF 224K)
Threat
Plenary Session
- The NEO Flux, Present and Past, Eugene M. Shoemaker (PDF 176K)
- Historical Evidence of Recent Impacts on the Earth, Ivan V. Nemtchinov, I.B. Kosarev, O.P. Popova, V.V. Shuvalov, V.V. Svettsov, R.E. Spalding, C. Jacobs, J. Shavez, E. Tagliaferri (PDF 2.3M)
- Impacts and Mass Extinctions, Peter D. Ward (PDF 1M)
- Environmental Perturbations Caused by the Impacts of Asteroids and Comets, Owen B. Toon, Kevin Zahnle, David Morrison (PDF 240K)
- The Biospheric Hazard of Large Impacts, David Morrison, Clark R.Chapman (PDF 1M)
- Tsunami Produced by the Impacts of Small Asteroids, Jack G. Hills, Charles L. Mader (PDF 1.4M)
Panel Papers
- Magnetic Effects of Meteor Impacts, Edward Teller (PDF 592K)
- The Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact Plumes on Jupiter: Implications for Threat to Satellites in Low-Earth Orbit, M.B. Boslough, D.A. Crawford (PDF 2.7M)
- Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, A New Class of Object, Sichao Wang (PDF 336K)
- Colliding Asteroids with Very Short Warning Time, Syuzo Isobe, Makoto Yoshikawa (PDF 720K)
- The Observations and Studies on NEOs and SL9 Impact at PMO, China, Heqi Zhang, Jiaxiang Zhang, Sichao Wang, Qi Wang, Jiexing Yang (PDF 272K)
- Investigation of Cavities and Craters Formed as the Result of Nuclear Explosions for the Purpose of Solving the Problem of the Earth Protection Against the Near-Earth-Objects, B.V. Litvinov, D.V. Petrov, O.N. Shubin, V.G. Smirnov (PDF 240K)
Detection
Plenary Session
- Evaluation of Survey Systems, A.W. Harris (PDF 1.5M)
- CCD Scanning for the Discovery of Comets and Asteroids, T. Gehrels, R. Jedicke, R.S McMillan, M.L. Perry, J.V. Scotti, T. Bressi (PDF 352K)
- Near Earth Object Search with Ground Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS), John H. Darrah (PDF 176K)
- Space-Based Detection of Earth-Threatening Asteroids: Sensor Design and Performance Analysis, Thomas J. Karr, Arno Ledebuhr (PDF 96K)
- DoD Technology of Relevance to Planetary Defense, Stewart Nozette (PDF 128K)
- Steps Toward Impact Mitigation: New Approaches for NEO Detection and Characterization, John D.G. Rather (PDF 1.7M)
Panel Papers
- Technology for the Detection of Near Earth Objects, Grant H. Stokes (PDF 1.5M)
- The Orbits of Asteroids that Impact Earth and Groundbased Detection Strategies, Jack G. Hills, Peter J. T. Leonard (PDF 2M)
- Tracking and Characterization of NEOs Using AMOS Ground-Based Optical Telescopes, Edward Tedesco, J.L. Africano, P.W. Kervin, S.D. Price (PDF 864K)
- Fast Optical Comet Search Experiment, H.S. Park, R.M. Bionta, C. Akerlof, E.L. Bowell, E.M. Shoemaker, D.H. Ferguson (PDF 1.1M)
- Infrared Detection and Characterization of Near Earth Objects, S.D. Price, M.P. Egan, E.F. Tedesco, T.L. Murdock (PDF 1.5M)
Interdiction
Plenary Session
- NEO Dynamical Properties, Orbit Determination, and Impact Prediction, Edward L. Bowell
- Physical and Chemical Properties of NEOs, John S. Lewis
- Space Protection of the Earth: Concepts and Approaches to the Development, V.A. Simonenko
- Interception and Disruption, Johndale Solem
- Cosmic Bombardment V: Threat Object-Dispersing Approaches to Active Planetary Defense, Lowell Wood, Rod Hyde, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Teller
- Cost and Benefits of Near-Earth Object Defenses, Gregory H. Canavan
Panel Papers
- Optimal Trajectories for Interception of Earth-Orbit-Crossing Asteroids, Bruce Conway
- Substantiation of Required Characteristics of the Space-Rocket Complex for Interception of Dangerous Space Objects in the System of Earth Protection, V.A. Volkov, I.I. Velichko
- Non-Nuclear Strategies for Deflecting Comets and Asteroids, H.J. Melosh
- Mitigation of the NEO Impact Hazard Using Kinetic Energy, W.J. Tedeschi
- Lasers Can Play an Important Role in the Planetary Defense, C.R. Phipps
- On the Possibility of Altering the Trajectories of Asteroids and Comets Using Plutonium Implantation, George Chapline, Michael Howard
- The Effect of Neutron Radiation from a Nuclear Explosion on the Asteroid, D.V. Petrov, Ya. Kandiyev, G.N. Malyshkin, O.N. Shubin
- Means of Neutralizing Threat Cosmic Objects, A.N. Anisimov, V.M. Danov, B.V. Pevnitsky
- Evaluating the Possibility of Asteroid Rock Constituents Dispersion, V.M. Danov, V.G. Zagrafov
- Effect of Nuclear Shallow Burst on Asteroids, V. V. Gadzgieva, V.N. Nogin, O.N. Shubin, V.A. Simonenko
Experiments
Panel Papers
- NEOs Experimental Study: Conventional Missions and Nuclear Thrust Experiments, V.A. Simonenko (PDF 176K)
- Nuclear Explosion Near the Surface of the Asteroids and Comets. Common Description of the Phenomenon, O.N. Shubin, V.Z. Nechai, V.N. Nogin, D.V. Petrov, V.A. Simonenko (PDF 1.5M)
- Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission, W.J. Tedeschi, F. A. Allahdadi (PDF 3.9M)
- CYMBELINE�A High-Velocity Impact Experiment, Richard More, Rod Hyde, Neil Holmes, Rosemary Walling (PDF 144K)
- The Role of Experimentation for NEO Material Models and Computational Validation of Risk Assessment and Mitigation Schemes, M.B. Boslough, M.D. Furnish, L.C. Chhabildas, D.A. Crawford, D.E. Grady (PDF 224K)
- Dual Use Technology for Planetary Defense Applications, John L. Remo (PDF 1.2M)
Integration
Panel Papers
- Technology Assessment for Defense Against Asteroids or Comets, Hans F. Meissinger (PDF 2M)
- Spacecraft Orbital Mechanics Analysis for Interception Service, V.M. Kovtunenko, K.G. Sukhanov, Oleg V. Papkov, Iu. A. Bojor, A.V. Zaitsev, V.A. Kotin, I.V. Feshin (PDF 896K)
- Opportunity to Create the System for Space Protection of the Earth Against Asteroids and Comets on the Base of Modern Technology, V.M. Kovtunenko, V.A. Simonenko, G.N. Rogovsky, A.N. Tchesnokov, O.V. Papkov, Iu. A. Bojor, A.V. Zaitsev,V.A. Kotin, I.D. Maglinov, I.V. Feshin (PDF 1.3M)
- Defense Against Small Asteroids: Priority Tasks, R. A. Alimov, E.V. Dmitriev, B.A. Ivanov, I.V. Nemtchinov (PDF 656K)
- Systems-Level Considerations for Mitigating the NEO Impact Hazard, W.J. Tedeschi (PDF 1.8M)
- The Application of Risk Management to the NEO Threat, George Friedman (PDF 1.7M)
Recent Activities
- Space Protection of the Earth�1994, Problems of Earth Protection Against the Impact with Near-Earth Objects, Vadim A. Simonenko (PDF 160K)
- Preliminary Report on Policy Issues and Research Recommendations of the United Nations International Conference on Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), John L. Remo (PDF 1.1M)
- AIAA Position Paper, Responding to the Potential Threat of a Near-Earth Object Impact, George Friedman (PDF 1.7M)
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