And now on Day 4 of the PDC, we get to the dramatic, unlikely (and hopefully never likely in our era) part of planetary defense: mitigation. That’s action taken when the impactor has been spotted and tracked to a coming Earth impact.
Session 6: Deflection / Disruption Modeling & Testing
A Gravity Tractor Mission Concept to a Binary Asteroid Ronald-Louis Ballouz
The post-DART heliocentric orbit of Didymos and implications for the effectiveness of the DART Impact Steven Chesley
Designer Asteroids: Using experiments to better understand the effect of asteroid structure on momentum enhancement Angela Stickle
The influence of Micro- vs. Macroporosity in the Deflection of Rubble-Pile Asteroids Sean Wiggins
Hypervelocity Cratering and Disruption of Three L-Type Ordinary Chondrites George Flynn
Pulverize it (PI): intentional robust disruption (IRD) for multi-modal planetary defense Brin Bailey
Experimental Calibration of X-Ray Energy Deposition Models for Panetary Defense with the OMEGA Laser Patrick King
Nuclear Deflection of Kilometer-Scale Asteroids Simulated using Sandia’s Z Machine Nathan Moore
Options and Uncertainties for Nuclear Mitigation in the 2025 Hypothetical Asteroid Threat Exercise Scenario Catherine Plesko
Simulating Asteroid Deflection and Disruption Using an X-Ray Energy Deposition Model in SPH Isaiah Santistevan
Session 7: Space Mission & Campaign Design
A 2025 Update to the Asteroid Mitigation Response Plot Paul Chodas
Developing A Robust Flyby Reconnaissance Capability For Planetary Defense Nancy Chabot
Design Constraints For Asteroid Deflection Campaigns Based On Delta-V Estimation Timelines Rahli Makadia
Look Before You Leap: Approaches For Rapid Response Reconnaissance Of NEOs Benjamin Donitz
TREX: A Temporarily-Captured Orbiter Rendezvous Explorer & In-Situ Characterization Mission Arthur Chadwick, Adrienne Rudolph
The ANIME mission concept: exploring three new-Earth asteroids with a Cubesat Davide Perna
Novel Reutilization of the European Service Module in Service of Planetary Defense Lorraine Fesq
Grabbing a sample from a real Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA): A very fast Sample Return Mission opportunity Martin Hilchenbach
Apophis Pathfinder: An innovative Milo Space Science Institute Smallsat Mission for Initial Planetary Defense and Scientific Characterization of PHA (99942) Apophis Jim Bell
Trajectory and CubeSat Mission Design for Plasma Physics Observations during the 2029 Apophis Flyby Lucas Barbero Sanchez
lon-Beam Deflection Missions for the 2024 PDC25 Scenario Paul Chodas
Session 8: Earth Impact Effects & Consequences
Spheral Simulations of the Atmospheric Entry and Energy Deposition of PDC25 Threat Scenario Asteroids Evan Bjonnes
Coupled Radiation-Hydrocode Predictions of Thermal and Blast Damage for PDC25 Darrel Robertson
A New Hydrocode Pipeline for Assessing Ground Effects of Chelyabinsk- to Tunguska-Sized Asteroid Airbursts Veronika Korneyeva
Airburst & Blast Damage Risk Modeling Trends for the PDC25 Impact Scenario Lorien Wheeler
High-Fidelity Blast Propagation for PDC25 Impact Scenarios Michael Altosmis
Asteroid-induced climate coupled cascading hazards along an asteroid risk corridor. Timothy Titus
A Semi-Analytic Lamb Wave Model for Prediction of Blast Overpressures from Large Asteroid Entries Wade Spurlock
Scaling Implications of Terrestrial Impact of Meteors: Cratering, Ejecta & Cloud Formation, Induced Ground Motions Souhell Ezzedine
Session 9: The Decision to Act: Political, Legal, Social, and Economic Aspects
Expanding Our Planetary Defense Umbrella to Cislunar Space Jan Osburg
Roadmap to the Planetary Defense Mutilateral Security Regime Nikola Schmidt
Towards a Global Governance Framework for Planetary Defense Anubhav Gupta
The Legal Consequences of Planetary Defense Missions Sabghat Ullah
Legal and Policy Considerations for Multi-Action Deflection Brent Barbee
Protocols for Use of a Nuclear Explosive Device Matthew Daniels
On the Legality of Any Other Nuclear Explosion Hannes Mayer
Geopolitical, Socio-Economic, and Legal Aspects of the 2024PDC25 Event Rudolf Albrecht
Value Focused Thinking for Planetary Defense Strategy in Brazil Ana Lucia Pegetti