Congressional Record on Impact Threats

In 1990 the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) published a position paper entitled "Dealing with the Threat of an Asteroid Striking the Earth" in response to the close passage, with zero warning time, of Asteroid 1989FC. This led to the following sequence of events:

1991 Statement from the House Committee on Science and Technology

1992 Congressional-Directed Workshops, resulting in Spaceguard Survey Report

1993 Congressional Hearings on "The Threat of Large Earth-Orbit Crossing Asteroids"

Full Text of Congressional Hearings, including Question and Answer sessions, on Library Reserve

1995 AIAA Position Paper on "Responding to Potential Threat of a Near Earth Object Impact"

1998 Congressional Hearings on "Asteroids: Perils and Opportunities"

Congressional Opening Statement and Prepared Testimony of 2 NASA Witnesses

Prepared Testimony of Los Alamos Witness

Full Text of Congressional Hearings, including Question and Answer sessions, on Library Reserve
 

             2002  The Threat of Near-Earth Asteroids -- October 3, 2002
                        Full text of Congressional Hearings, including Question and Answer sessions on-line. Also available on Library Reserve
 

Deflection and Detonation Strategies, Societal Reponses

Planetary Defense Workshop (LLNL)

The Comet/Asteroid Impact Hazard- A Systems Approach (Chapman & Durda)

Spaceguard Central Node (Spaceguard Foundation), Spaceguard UK

Mitigation Methods (Spaceguard's Tumbling Stone)

Planetary Defense: Catastrophic Health Insurance for Planet Earth (Air Force 2025)

Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids (ed. Gehrels), on Library Reserve