Supporting Documents
Supporting Information
National Policy and Planning
- National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan – April 2023
- NASA Planetary Defense Strategy and Action Plan – April 2023
- National Cislunar Science & Technology Strategy – November 2022
- Report on Near-Earth Object Impact Threat Emergency Protocols – January 2021
- 2020 U.S. National Space Policy – December 2020
- NASA Authorization Act of 2018 – December 2018
- OSTP Letter to Senate on NEOs – October 2010
- U.S. National Space Policy – June 2010
- NASA Authorization Act of 2005 (Geo. E. Brown Survey) – December 2005
Studies and Findings on NEO Survey, Characterization, and Mitigation
- Cross-Disciplinary Deep Space Radar Needs Study – July 2023
- Finding Hazardous Asteroids Using Infrared and Visible Wavelength Telescopes – 2019
- NASA Response to NASEM Study Recommendations – September 2019
- Analysis of Alternatives for Near-Earth Object Detection, Tracking and Characterization – November 2018
- Update to Determine the Feasibility of Enhancing the Search and Characterization of NEOs (NEO SDT Report) – September 2017
- A Joint White Paper Summarizing Results from Independent Simulations of LSST’s NEO Discovery Performance – March 2017
- NASA’s Efforts to Identify Near-Earth Objects and Mitigate Hazards (Office of Inspector General) – September 2014
- Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies – 2011
- Report of the NASA Advisory Committee Ad Hoc Task Force on Planetary Defense – October 2010
- Report from NASA to Congress on NEO Survey and Deflection Options – March 2007
- A Study to Determine the Feasibility of Extending the Search for Near-Earth Objects to Smaller Limiting Diameters (NEO SDT Report) – August 2003
- See also Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG)
Impact Emergency Response Coordination and Exercises
- Planetary Impact Emergency Response Working Group (PIERWG) Charter – August 2015
- Report on the 2016 NASA-FEMA Asteroid-Impact Tabletop Exercise #3 (Simulation) – October 2016
- Report on the 2014 NASA-FEMA Asteroid-Impact Tabletop Exercise #2 (Simulation) – September 2014
- Report on the 2013 NASA-FEMA Asteroid-Impact Tabletop Exercise #1 (Simulation) – August 2013
Resources
Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO)
PDCO Flight Project Development
PDCO Public Presentations
- Journalist PDCO Workshop (March 2019)
- PDCO Presentation (December 2018)
Center for Near-Earth Object Studies
- For information on NEO basics, search statistics, close approach data and future orbit analysis, as well as fireballs/meteors, accessible NEAs, and more, visit the Center for NEO Studies (CNEOS).
