Author Topic: Threats from Space: Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors I & II  (Read 16524 times)

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As mentioned by Blackstar, part 2 will be on April 10th at 2 pm:

http://science.house.gov/hearing/full-committee-hearing-threats-space-review-non-us-government-efforts-track-and-mitigate

Full Committee Hearing - Threats from Space: A Review of Non-U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors, Part II
2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | Apr 10, 2013 2:00pm

Witnesses
Dr. Ed Lu, Chairman & CEO, B612 Foundation

Dr. Donald K. Yeomans, Manager, Near-Earth Objects Program Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Dr. Michael F. A’Hearn, Vice-Chair, Committee to Review Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies, National Resource Council




I'm bummed that once again one of these things is happening and I'm unable to attend (there's an old saying that time is nature's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once, but that's a lie).

I worked with Mike. He was the PI on Deep Impact, and he's the only person who has actually used a kinetic impactor to smack a primitive body. Part of his testimony will be about the NRC study's findings on what kind of capabilities you can get for what kind of investment. Others will discuss the limitations and capabilities of different kinds of survey systems.

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I used to be able to convert streams like this to MP3s with the VLC media player, but that no longer seems to work.  Does anybody know how to make a copy that I can listen to off line?

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...he's the only person who has actually used a kinetic impactor to smack a primitive body.

What's he know?  I stepped on a rake once, and it smacked me in the forhead.
Sometimes I just flat out don't get it.

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I used to be able to convert streams like this to MP3s with the VLC media player, but that no longer seems to work.  Does anybody know how to make a copy that I can listen to off line?

Ripping a copy right now. Will edit this post to add attachments in WMV file format for video and WMA file format for audio.

Edit: Apparently unable to. I have the ripped video but can't get the audio. More so the file size is too large to upload to most online sites.
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Part II of the hearing on the thread from asteroids and meteors is now archived here:

There was apparently a point where a congressman asked all three presenters about the asteroid retrieval mission, got succinct answers, and then yielded his time back to the chair. The comments are probably worth repeating here.

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Part II of the hearing on the thread from asteroids and meteors is now archived here:

There was apparently a point where a congressman asked all three presenters about the asteroid retrieval mission, got succinct answers, and then yielded his time back to the chair. The comments are probably worth repeating here.
Can you give a sentence or two summary?
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Part II of the hearing on the thread from asteroids and meteors is now archived here:

There was apparently a point where a congressman asked all three presenters about the asteroid retrieval mission, got succinct answers, and then yielded his time back to the chair. The comments are probably worth repeating here.
Can you give a sentence or two summary?


Rough summary:

Q: Did you have any input into the development and selection of this mission?

A: No.

(Apparently all three of them were asked the same question and answered the same way.)

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Part II of the hearing on the thread from asteroids and meteors is now archived here:

There was apparently a point where a congressman asked all three presenters about the asteroid retrieval mission, got succinct answers, and then yielded his time back to the chair. The comments are probably worth repeating here.
Can you give a sentence or two summary?


Rough summary:

Q: Did you have any input into the development and selection of this mission?

A: No.

(Apparently all three of them were asked the same question and answered the same way.)

Thanks for askin'. Thanks for summarizin'.
Sometimes I just flat out don't get it.

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Part II of the hearing on the thread from asteroids and meteors is now archived here:

There was apparently a point where a congressman asked all three presenters about the asteroid retrieval mission, got succinct answers, and then yielded his time back to the chair. The comments are probably worth repeating here.
Can you give a sentence or two summary?

Comes at about 1 hour into the hearing. It's not as clear cut as somebody explained to me.

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