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SPACE PROTECTION OF THE EARTH - 2000
September 11-15, 2000
From A.V. Zaytsev <spe@mousedot berc.rssi.ru>
23 Dec 1999
We are enclosing the First Announcement and Call for Papers the Third
International Conference 'SPACE PROTECTION OF THE EARTH - 2000'.
"SPE-2000" which will be held in Crimea in Evpatoriya city on
September 11-15, 2000.
We are hoping this conference will be as fruitful and successful as
the last one and looking forward to your participation.
To ensure the conference's success, we would like to ask your support
in giving this notification the widest possible distribution. In this
regard, if you will send us the names of prospective attendees, we
will be most happy to send them the announcements and call for papers.
We wish to express our sincere congratulations on Christmas and New
Year and best wishes of further success in your work and of personal
happiness.
Yours sincerely,
Vadim SIMONENKO
Konstantin SUKHANOV
Anatoly ZAITSEV
Oleg SHUBIN
CONFERENCE DATES AND LOCATION
Series of international conferences "Asteroid Hazard"
(Saint-Petersburg) and "Space Shield of the Earth" (Snezhinsk, former
Chelyabinsk-70) were held in Russia in 90s. They were devoted to one
of the most complicated problems facing mankind - protection of the
Earth from the threat of its collision with asteroids and comets.
Distinguished scientists and specialists from many countries of the
world including Russia, the U.S. and other contributed to the
conferences.
The vital urgency of the problem is emphased by scientific
information, which has been accumulated about the role of the space
collisions in the history of the Earth and mankind, and predictions
of destruction effects. The interest to this problem has been growing
year by year since new scientific data and technologies appear that
could be used to prevent such catastrophe.
The next third Conference "Space Shield of the Earth-2000" (SPE-2000)
will take place in Crimea in Evpatoriya city on September 11-15,
2000. Crimea is not only a well-known Black Sea health resort but a
place where astronomical and radar observations of asteroids and
comets are fulfilled as well as control of the interplanetary space
satellites studying the solar system objects.
The Conference is organized by the Russian Federal Nuclear Center
(All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of the Technical Physics)
(RFNC-VNIITF), Lavochkin Association (LA) and the Institute of
Technical Mechanics (ITM) of the National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine and Ukrainian Space Agency, Scientific Technical Foundation
"Space Shield" supported by Minatom RF, Russian Aerospace Agency,
Ukrainian Space Agency and some other organizations.
CONFERENCE GOALS
The objectives of the conference are to assess the state of
scientific researches in the sphere of planetary protection from
asteroids and comets; to work-out recommendations for their further
development; to wide contacts among specialists and to atract people
attention to this problem. In addition, it is planned to consider
some associated problems, for example, feasibility assessment of
utilizing small celestial bodies in the interests of space science
and mankind development.
AREAS OF INTEREST
1.Asteroid and comet hazard
® Collisions of asteroids and comets with the Earth and other
celestial bodies (real events and their consequences, classification,
modelling, risk assessment);
® Existing technology of detection and observation of small celestial
bodies (ground methods and means, space missions);
® Results of studying asteroids and comets (characteristics, orbit,
engineering, physical and other models);
2.Scientific and technological aspects of creating of the defense
devices against dangerous celestial bodies
® Conceptual basis for ensuring Earth defense as well as protection
of other objects and other objects (problems, requirements,
principles and construction schemes, application scenarios and etc.);
® Technologies of detection, support and research of the near-Earth
objects (NEOs) (methods, means, construction and interaction schemes,
potentialities of amateur astronomy, etc.);
® Technologies of delivery means of influence to dangerous celestial
bodies (rocket-space systems, ballistics, navigation, approaching and
aiming dynamics, etc.);
® Technologies of influence onto dangerous celestial bodies (methods,
safety, kinetic means, nuclear, etc.);
® Information support and control (information acquisition and
processing, decision making, warning, control of the components and
their interaction);
® Work-out of the planetary defense system components (space
missions, demonstration experiments, schemes, means, sensors, etc.);
® Miscellaneous (integration, safety, economics, etc.);
3.Social aspects of planetary defense
® Ecological, political, legislation and other problems;
® International co-operation.
4.Prospects and problems of utilizing asteroid and comet resources
Articles aimed to resolve some specific problems of Planetary defence
system creation will be of higher priority.
CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Vadim A. SIMONENKO - Deputy Scientific Director of RFNC-VNIITF
Konstantin G. SUKHANOV - Deputy Chief Designer of Lavochkin Association.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULES
Deadline for pre-registration - February 01, 2000
Deadline for abstracts - March 01, 2000
Notification of acceptance - April 30, 2000
Submission of the full papers - June 30, 2000
Conference schedule
Registration desk open - September 10
Conference - September 11-15
The participants and companions will be invited to take tours to the
Crimean places of interest.
CONFERENCE LANGUAGES
English and Russian languages are the official languages of the conference.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The one page abstracts of the proposed papers should be presented in
two languages English and Russian (for participants from CIS). They
should contain the following information:
- title of the paper;
- author's/authors' names and affiliations;
- full address.
Please, send the abstracts (the preferable format - TXT or MS Word
6.0/7.0/97/2000 ) to vice-chairs of the Program Committee via e-mail:
Anatoly V. ZAITSEV
Oleg N. SHUBIN
Lavochkin Association
Leningradskoye Sh., 24
141400, Khimki, Moscow region
Tel.: +7 095 251-35-69, 575-52-94
Fax: +7 095 575-52-94, 573-87-10
E-mail: spe@asteroids.ru
REGISTRATION FEE
Registration fee (includes payments for transportation, conference
materials, interprener service, banket )
Before June 30, 2000 - $ 300
On suite - $ 350
Accompanying person - $ 150
Students - $ 100
Living expenditures with three time meals
Hotels *** - $ 120 a day
Hotels **** - $ 140 a day
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David Morrison, NASA Ames Research Center
Tel 650 604 5094; Fax 650 604 1165
david.morrison@arc.nasadot gov or dmorrison@mail.arc.nasadot gov
website: http://space.arc.nasadot gov
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