Near Earth Objects and Planetary Defence - Part 1 of 4

Near Earth Objects and Planetary Defence is a volunteer made documentary about the current issues surrounding defending the Earth from Asteroid and Comet impacts.

Scientists and Astronomers have long worried about the potential devastation that an impact from space could cause, but recently Engineers have been designing realistic missions to stop these natural disasters.

In this documentary, International Experts give their opinions on how to plan, pay for, build and safely execute a mission to stop an Asteroid or Comet.

The complete documentary playlist is here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-68yuWYNztM&feature=PlayList&p=DC5F91F...


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All the views expressed by the interviewees are their own opinions and not necessarily that of their organisations.

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Directed by Andrew Bacon
Edited by Gavin Childs
Narrated by Ryan Anderson

Interviews conducted by Andrew Bacon and Tejal Thakore at 2009 Planetary Defence Conference

Animations by
Shiblee Imtiaz Hasan
and Jeffrey Rivera

Korean Translation by
Yeongju Kim

Music by DoKashiteru
http://ccmixter.org/people/DoKashiteru

All original content published under the Creative Commons 3.0 Share-Alike License

Content that must not be adapted or republished without permission from the copyright holder:
Space Generation Advisory Council Logo
Spaceworks Engineering Ltd Images

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FURTHER INFORMATION

SGAC Projects on Near Earth Objects
http://www.spacegeneration.org/node/1138

B612 Foundation
http://www.b612foundation.org

Secure World Foundation
http://www.secureworldfoundation.org

The Planetary Society
http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/near_earth_objects/

NASA/JPL Near Earth Object Program
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov

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[extreem573]

hehe, here I though neo would save us :P

[spacegeneration]

@extreem573 wrong NEO, but still same promise :)

[extreem573]

@spacegeneration do you believe in the matrix, Neo?

[extreem573]

@migkid precise, almost anything is possible but politicians and big cooperation want to focus on money not man kind, it's a shame people don't know :( but in the end that's what "they" want

i'm pretty sure if money did not exist we where already on the moon or mars... what do you think?

[migkid]

we must make something that also has the concept of making money out of it. unfortunately politicians and money maker maniacs need that in order to get shit moving. there is no way to build a shield or anything similar without the "money making" concept.

[lcfc1985]

If a big enough comet / asteroid comes our way, dont worry cus were all fucked regardlesss.

[mikeoforlando]

Cool. Like Star Trek..... but for real.

[JuanPapaNicolao]

as of may 2010 there are 6,991 near-Earth Asteroids which one is THE ONE

id like to surf that fucker all the way to to ground zero

[Aussiemoo]

@Tudusciuc aliens, duh? Whenever someone doesn't tell you something it's aliens.

[Tudusciuc]

I'm wondering why didn't he answered with a number when the reporter asked him "how many..." are they hiding something ?