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Robert Jedicke - IfA Robert Jedicke
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KILLER ASTEROIDS
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IMPACT IMPACT
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Spielberg vs. Jedicke DEEP IMPACT
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Spielberg vs. Jedicke $10,000,000 SPIELBERG $100 JEDICKE DEEP IMPACT INCOMES
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THE TRADITIONAL SOLAR SYSTEM
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R ELATIVE P LANET S IZES
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Sun 11 Mercury 20 Venus 28 Earth 48 Mars R ELATIVE P LANET D ISTANCES 28 Moon
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11 20 28 48 Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars 150 Jupiter 270 Saturn 540 Uranus 840 Neptune 1100 Pluto R ELATIVE P LANET D ISTANCES
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A STEROIDS
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C OMETS
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M ETEORS
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ASTEROIDS COMETS S MALL B ODIES METEORS
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A STEROIDS N EAR E ARTH O BJECTS
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Ida
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Oahu
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How we reduce the impact risk?
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E ARTH
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I MPACT R ATES
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Moon
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Target Earth R ISK C ALCULATIONS # of people in U.S. who die in hurricanes per year # of people in U.S. 30 300,000,000 1 in a 10,000,000 per year 100 years1 in 100,000 in your lifetime
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Target Earth R ISK C ALCULATIONS # of people who die in asteroid impacts per year # of people ??? 7,000,000,000 ?
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I MPACT R ATES...
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R ISK S IMULATIONS
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Target Earth R ISK O F Y OU D YING… 1 IN 70,000
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Target Earth R ISK O F M AJOR I MPACT T HIS C ENTURY… 1 IN 1,000
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OFFICE IMPACTS
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K NOWN A STEROID I MPACT L OCATIONS
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Honolulu Advertiser, 2002 October 10
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CHICXULUB CRATER FORMATION Mauna Loa
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TUNGUSKA From http://www-th.bo.infn.it/tunguska/
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Just Blasted TUNGUSKA vs OAHU Burnt & Blasted
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How we reduce the impact risk?
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PS & Collaborators
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Hawaiian Island Chain
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PS Org Chart PS Organization Chart
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Pan-STARRS
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PS1
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G IZMOWATCH 20 Marvels of Modern Engineering #1 The Large Hadron Collider
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* Reference: http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/20-marvels-of-modern-engineering/ The top 5 are as follows: 1. The Large Hadron Collider; 2. The International Space Station; 3. Three Gorges Dam; 4. Petronas Twin Towers; 5. The Chandra space-based X-ray telescope The 1.4 billion pixel Pan-STARRS camera is one of the 20 Marvels of Modern Engineering* ! G IZMOWATCH 20 Marvels of Modern Engineering #2 The International Space Station
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* Reference: http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/20-marvels-of-modern-engineering/ The top 5 are as follows: 1. The Large Hadron Collider; 2. The International Space Station; 3. Three Gorges Dam; 4. Petronas Twin Towers; 5. The Chandra space-based X-ray telescope The 1.4 billion pixel Pan-STARRS camera is one of the 20 Marvels of Modern Engineering* ! G IZMOWATCH 20 Marvels of Modern Engineering #3 The Three Gorges Dam
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PS1 #18 The PS1 Camera
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How we reduce the impact risk?
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A STEROID I MAGING 12:00am 12:30am 1:00am
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A STEROID S UPER- P OSITIONING
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A STEROID B LINKING
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How we reduce the impact risk?
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G RAVITATIONAL D EFLECTION
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T ARGET E ARTH
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What can you do about it?
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TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION CONCERNED UH ALUMNI ONE IMPACT DEAD END HONOLULU, HI, 96822-0000 123456781024 1234005678 One Million --------------------------------- Concerned UH AlumniSave the Earth 22 May 2009 Robert Jedicke 1,000,000
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DEEP IMPACT vs. NEOs DEEP IMPACT REVENUE + $340,000,000 $5,000,000
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Four years salary… $60,000,000 University of Hawai’i Pan-STARRS ROBERT JEDICKE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 12/99 VALID THRU 4267 5346 7831 1342 Four years salary for 40 scientists and engineers and building two new observatories…
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Ten years operations… $20,000,000 Ten years operations funding… University of Hawai’i Pan-STARRS ROBERT JEDICKE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 12/99 VALID THRU 4267 5346 7831 1342
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Annual operations…. $150,000,000/year 500 jobs University of Hawai’i Pan-STARRS ROBERT JEDICKE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 12/99 VALID THRU 4267 5346 7831 1342 Mauna Kea operations…
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Increased tourism…. $10,000,000/year University of Hawai’i Pan-STARRS ROBERT JEDICKE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 12/99 VALID THRU 4267 5346 7831 1342 Increased and continued tourism…
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University of Hawai’i Pan-STARRS ROBERT JEDICKE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 12/99 VALID THRU 4267 5346 7831 1342 Saving the Earth from destruction… Priceless
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