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1 Robert Jedicke - IfA Robert Jedicke

2 KILLER ASTEROIDS

3 IMPACT IMPACT

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5 Spielberg vs. Jedicke DEEP IMPACT

6 Spielberg vs. Jedicke $10,000,000 SPIELBERG $100 JEDICKE DEEP IMPACT INCOMES

7 THE TRADITIONAL SOLAR SYSTEM

8 R ELATIVE P LANET S IZES

9 Sun 11 Mercury 20 Venus 28 Earth 48 Mars R ELATIVE P LANET D ISTANCES 28 Moon

10 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

11 A STEROIDS

12 C OMETS

13 M ETEORS

14 ASTEROIDS COMETS S MALL B ODIES METEORS

15 A STEROIDS N EAR E ARTH O BJECTS

16 Ida

17 Oahu

18 How we reduce the impact risk?

19 E ARTH

20 I MPACT R ATES

21 Moon

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23 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

24 Target Earth R ISK C ALCULATIONS # of people who die in asteroid impacts per year # of people ??? 7,000,000,000 ?

25 I MPACT R ATES...

26 R ISK S IMULATIONS

27 Target Earth R ISK O F Y OU D YING… 1 IN 70,000

28 Target Earth R ISK O F M AJOR I MPACT T HIS C ENTURY… 1 IN 1,000

29 OFFICE IMPACTS

30 K NOWN A STEROID I MPACT L OCATIONS

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32 Honolulu Advertiser, 2002 October 10

33 CHICXULUB CRATER FORMATION Mauna Loa

34 TUNGUSKA From http://www-th.bo.infn.it/tunguska/

35 Just Blasted TUNGUSKA vs OAHU Burnt & Blasted

36 How we reduce the impact risk?

37 PS & Collaborators

38 Hawaiian Island Chain

39 PS Org Chart PS Organization Chart

40 Pan-STARRS

41 PS1

42 G IZMOWATCH 20 Marvels of Modern Engineering #1 The Large Hadron Collider

43 * 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

44 * 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

45 PS1 #18 The PS1 Camera

46 How we reduce the impact risk?

47 A STEROID I MAGING 12:00am 12:30am 1:00am

48 A STEROID S UPER- P OSITIONING

49 A STEROID B LINKING

50 How we reduce the impact risk?

51 G RAVITATIONAL D EFLECTION

52 T ARGET E ARTH

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55 What can you do about it?

56 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

57 DEEP IMPACT vs. NEOs DEEP IMPACT REVENUE + $340,000,000 $5,000,000

58 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…

59 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

60 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…

61 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…

62 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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