The NASA Advisory Council Ad-Hoc Task Force on Planetary Defense
Point of Contact for Human Exploration and Operations Committee:
Dr. Bette Siegel, Acting Executive Secretary; bette.siegel@nasa.gov
Task Force members:
Dr. Tom D. Jones, Co-Chair
Mr. Rusty Schweickart Co-Chair
Dr. Richard Binzel
Dr. Clark Chapman
Mr. Lindley Johnson
Mr. Brian Wilcox
Dr. Don Yeomans
Meeting Minutes and Presentations
July 8-9, 2010 Ad Hoc Task Force meeting
Agenda (78 KB PDF)
April 15-16, 2010 Ad Hoc Task Force meeting
Agenda (12 KB PDF)
Corrected Minutes (168 KB PDF)
The Committee received the following presentations:
NASA Near Earth Object (NEO) Program Status; NASA FY11 Budget for NEO Research
› Lindley Johnson, NASA HQ (4.2 MB PDF)
NEOs in the Context of the Augustine Committee Report (Oct 09)
› Edward Crawley, MIT (1.3 MB PDF)
Exploration Precursor Robotic Program (xPRP) and Exploration Scout (xScout): Two Elements of ESMD's Preparation to Explore Near Earth Objects
› Michael J. Wargo, NASA HQ (3.9 MB PDF)