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A Global Approach to Near-Earth Object Impact Threat Mitigation
Start date:2012-01-01
End date:2015-05-31
Project Acronym:NEOSHIELD
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV | |
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Name:Doris |
Linder Hoehe KOELN DEUTSCHLAND Region:NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN KÖLN Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-3067055-119 | |
| Fax:+49-3067055-126 | |
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| URL:http://www.dlr.de | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
Collisions of asteroids and comets with the Earth have taken place frequently over geological history and have altered the evolutionary course of life; there is no reason why they should not continue to hit the Earth at irregular and unpredictable intervals in the future. Thousands of near-Earth objects (NEOs), mainly asteroids, have been discovered over the past 20 years and the reality of the impact hazard has been laid bare. Can we protect our civilization from the next major impact? We propose to carry out a detailed analysis of the open questions relating to realistic options for preventing the collision of a NEO with the Earth. Solutions will be provided to critical scientific and technical issues that currently stand in the way of demonstrating the feasibility of promising mitigation options via test missions. While a mitigation test mission is beyond the financial scope of the present Call, we aim to provide detailed test-mission designs for the most feasible mitigation concepts, facilitating the rapid development of actual test missions at a later stage.
Our project concept includes laboratory experiments and associated modelling to provide the necessary data pertaining to the behaviour of a NEO during a deflection attempt. The experimental results and modelling will help to improve our understanding of the nature of NEOs and allow the feasibility of mitigation techniques and mission designs to be accurately assessed. Our project includes appropriate partners from established space-faring nations outside the European Union. We propose to formulate a global response campaign roadmap that may be implemented when a serious impact threat arises. The roadmap will consider the necessary international decision-making milestones, required reconnaissance observations, both from the ground and from rendezvous spacecraft, practical prerequisites, such as precise orbit tracking, and a campaign of perhaps several mitigation missions, depending on circumstances.
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Project Details
Start date:2012-01-01
End date:2015-05-31
Duration:41 months
Project Reference:282703
Project cost:5843115 EURO
Project Funding:3963009 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Prevention of impacts from Near Earth Objects (NEOs) on our Planet
Contract type:Small or medium-scale focused research project
URL:http://www.space.com/14370-asteroid-shield-earth-threat-protection-meeting.html
Subject index:Scientific Research
Other participants
| Organization name:FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V | |
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Name:Maximilian |
Hansastrasse MUNCHEN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN OBERBAYERN München, Kreisfreie Stadt |
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| Fax:+49-8912057534 | |
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| URL:http://www.fraunhofer.de | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE | |
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Name:Hélène |
Rue Michel -Ange 75794 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-493954190 | |
| Fax:+33-492960339 | |
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| Organization name:THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST | |
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Name:Pauline |
UNIVERSITY ROAD LANYON BUILDING BELFAST UNITED KINGDOM Region:NORTHERN IRELAND |
| Tel:+44-2890973229 | |
| Fax:+44-2890975182 | |
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| URL:http://www.qub.ac.uk | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS | |
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Name:Christiane |
Avenue de l'Observatoire PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
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| Fax:+33-145070189 | |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITY OF SURREY | |
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Name:Maria |
Stag Hill GUILDFORD UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) SURREY, EAST-WEST SUSSEX Surrey |
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| URL:http://www.surrey.ac.uk | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:ASTRIUM LIMITED | |
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Name:Matthew |
Gunnels Wood Road STEVENAGE UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) BEDFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE Hertfordshire |
| Tel:+44-1438773180 | |
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| URL:http://www.astrium.eads.net | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:THE OPEN UNIVERSITY. | |
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Name:David |
WALTON HALL MILTON KEYNES UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE Buckinghamshire |
| Tel:+44-1908655064 | |
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| URL:http://www.open.ac.uk | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:FEDERALNOE GOSUDARSTVENNOE UNITARNOPREDPRIYATIE TSENTRALNY NAUCHNO- ISSLEDOVATELSKY INSTITUT MACHINOSTROENIYA | |
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Name:Dmitry |
PIONERSKAYA KOROLEV Russian Federation Region: |
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| URL:http://www.tsniimash.ru/ | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:DEIMOS SPACE SOCIEDAD LIMITADA UNIPERSONAL | |
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Name:Laurence |
RONDA DE PONIENTE, Edificio Fiteni VI, 2, 2º TRES CANTOS (MADRID) ESPAÑA Region: |
| Tel:+34-918066450 | |
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| URL:http://www.deimos-space.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:ASTRIUM GMBH | |
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Name:Wolfram |
LUDWIG-BOELKOW-ALLEE 801169 OTTOBRUNN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN OBERBAYERN München, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-754584232 | |
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| URL:http://www.space.eads.net | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:SETI INSTITUTE CORPORATION | |
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Name:David |
N BERNARDO AVE MOUNTAIN VIEW CA UNITED STATES Region: |
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| URL:http://www.seti.org | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:ASTRIUM S.A.S. | |
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Name:Emilie |
RUE LAURENT PICHAT PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-562199126 | |
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