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AIAA's 1st Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids February 2004 - Exact date TBD Los Angeles, California Synopsis AIAA's 1st Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids will address technical issues associated with, and relative to, the defense of Earth from approaching near-Earth objects (comets and asteroids). This forum shall approach the threat from the perspective of three levels of warnings: 1) short term (less than 10 years warning of possible impact); 2) medium term (10 to 30 years warning); and 3) long term (>30 years warning), with an overarching intent to define several possible threat scenarios and develop potential responses for each. Focused conference topics will: * Examine current and future detection capabilities and options; * Consider current and future techniques, hardware, and systems available to mitigate threats; * Discuss national and international policy implications of mounting a planetary defense effort; * Develop recommendations for future work, strategies, and policies; * Develop recommendations for demonstrations/experiments/near-term activities; and * Discuss public safety and disaster preparedness implications of possible asteroid or comet impacts. General Chair William Ailor The Aerospace Corporation E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
