Day 2: Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Mitigation Methods and Approaches

Keynote, Morning Session: Andrea Carusi, European Space Agency

Day 2 Morning Session: Mitigation Methods and Approaches

Chaired by:
David Morrison, NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames
Clark Chapman, Southwest Research Institute

Speakers summarized results from the 2002 Arlington Workshop on the Scientific Requirements for Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids, proposed state-of- the-art missions to NEOs, discussed utilizing nuclear explosives to deflect an oncoming NEO, and described how very efficient, low thrust engines might be used to move an NEO.

Day 2 Luncheon Speaker: Lindley Johnson, Planetary Science Institute

Keynote for Afternoon Session: Dennis Byrnes, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Day 2 Afternoon Session: Mission Design: Key Technologies

Chaired by:
Rusty Schwieckart, B612 Foundation

This session was the first of two discussing design of missions to deflect an approaching NEO. Topics included the use of fission power for asteroid deflection missions, close proximity operations for implementing deflection strategies, and the mechanics of moving asteroids

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