Near Earth Objects and Planetary Defence is a volunteer made documentary about the current issues surrounding defending the Earth from asteroid and comet impacts.

Scientists and astronomers have long worried about the potential devastation that an impact from space could cause, but recently engineers have been designing realistic missions to stop these natural disasters.

In this documentary, international experts give their opinions on how to plan, pay for, build and safely execute a mission to stop an asteroid or comet.

All the views expressed by the interviewees are their own opinions and not necessarily that of their organisations.

History of the Project

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First conceived at the 2008 Space Generation Congress, the intention of the documentary is to convey non-exaggerated facts about the dangers we face from space impacts. It also provides a way for students and young professionals to get involved with planetary defence by promoting the 'Future of Planetary Defence' conference which is planned to be held in Romania in 2011. This conference will precede the 2011 Planetary Defence Conference and will be designed to allow a platform for the younger attendees to openly discuss their opinions.

This is a project that would not have been possible without the help of the SGAC community and will hopefully be used in the future to promote the SGAC's work and the discipline of planetary defence.

Profiles

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Direction, Co-Production, Filming and Scriptwriting by Andrew Bacon

Andy is in his final year of Electronics with Space Science at the University of Bath, UK. He became involved with the SGAC after getting second place in the “Move an Asteroid 2008” competition and attending the 2008 Space Generation Congress in Glasgow. Since then he has become the co-lead of the SGAC NEO working group helping out with several outreach projects. He is grateful to all the volunteers who helped make this project a success. For any enquiries please contact -

Editing, Co-Production and Motion Graphics by Gavin Childs

Gavin is currently in his final year (at Glamorgan University) studying BSc Creative Technologies, incorporating Video, Animation and Web based media. With a keen interest in motion graphics and video editing, and a passion for creativity he has been steadily building up his production portfolio and is very proud to add this project to it. Currently accepting freelance projects and opportunities -

Narration and Scriptwriting by Ryan Anderson

Since graduating from the University of Ottawa in 2004, Ryan has worked as a researcher for Defence Research and Development Canada, Space Systems and as a Satellite Engineer at Telesat. A long time space advocate, Ryan's associations have included AIAA, CASI, and Mars Society Canada in addition to the SGAC. With his first daughter now in kindergarten, Ryan is currently developing a space-education workshop for elementary school students - "This IS Rocket Science!" aims to foster interest in space, engineering, and science in a fun, hands-on workshop.

Other Contributors

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Interviews conducted by Andrew Bacon and Tejal Thakore at 2009 Planetary Defence Conference

Animations by Shiblee Imtiaz Hasan and Jeffrey Rivera

Korean Translation by Yeongju Kim

Original Concept by the 2008 Space Generation Congress NEO Working Group:
Andrew Bacon
A.C. Charania
Kat Corderre
Mary D'Souza
Yeongju Kim
Dae In Park
Tejal Thakore

Music by DoKashiteru
http://ccmixter.org/people/DoKashiteru

Further Information

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SGAC Projects on Near Earth Objects
http://www.spacegeneration.org/neo

B612 Foundation
http://www.b612foundation.org

Secure World Foundation
http://www.secureworldfoundation.org

The Planetary Society
http://www.planetary.org/programs/list/near_earth_objects/

NASA/JPL Near Earth Object Program
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov

License and Legal

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All original content is published under the Creative Commons 3.0 Share-Alike License
(A list of original and non-original content is shown at the end of the video)

Must not be adapted or republished without permission from the copyright holder:
Space Generation Advisory Council Logo
Spaceworks Engineering Ltd Images