Day 3: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Threats and Consequences

Day 3 Keynote Speaker: William E. Burrows, New York University

Day 3 Morning Session: Mission Design II

Session Chair: Rusty Schweickart, B612 Foundation

This was the second of two sessions on designing a mission to deflect a threatening NEO.  Topics included a discussion of deflection techniques that “make sense,” a mission design for an “all-out” mission to deflect a NEO using nuclear explosives, the B612 mission design, a mission using a mirror to ablate a NEO surface and generate a small deflection force, and the use of mass drivers for planetary defense.

Day 3 Afternoon Keynote: Lee Clark, Rutgers University

Day 3 Afternoon Session: International Disaster Preparedness

Chaired by:
Kathleen Hollingsworth, Office of U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
Harvey Wichman, Claremont McKenna College

The session considered steps that might be taken to prepare the public and disaster relief agencies for an impact disaster and minimize to the greatest extent possible the consequences of an impact.  Included were discussion of the psychological factors influencing responses to major NEO impacts, a worldwide disaster information network, and how the public perception of the NEO issue might be improved.

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