NEO Mission Planning and Operations Group Workshop
When: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
to Friday, October 29, 2010
Where: Darmstadt, Germany
The Secure World Foundation, the Association of Space Explorers, and the European Space Agency sponsored this workshop exploring the formation of a Near-Earth Object (NEO) Mission Planning and Operations Group. The meeting was held in late October 2010 at the European Space Operations Control Center in Darmstadt, Germany. The Mission Planning and Operations Group (MPOG) is one of three functional groups proposed by the Association of Space Explorers as part of an international decision-making framework to deal with the global asteroid threat. These three functional groups are under consideration by the United Nations' Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS), as part of the work of the NEO Working Group of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee
The workshop participants include representatives from ESA, NASA, DLR, CNES, and UKSA, along with international experts on NEO issues. The workshop report and recommendations from the workshop were provided to UN COPUOS through the NEO Working Group and Action Team 14.
Presentations
- Workshop Goals - Rusty SCHWEICKART, ASE
- Overview of the Work of UN COPUOS and AT 14 - Sergio CAMACHO, CRECTEALC
- Overview of the Inter-Agency Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) - Heiner KLINKRAD, ESA/ESOC
- Overview of the ESA Space Situational Awareness Preparatory Programme - Nicolas BOBRINSKY, ESA
- Overview of Policy Issues - Richard TREMAYNE-SMITH, Out of Space
- Scenario 1 - Rusty SCHWEICKART, ASE
- Scenario 2 - Rusty SCHWEICKART, ASE
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