The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides and videos (zip) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, Defending the Earth From Asteroids: Meeting the Challenges of Planetary Defense, by Bill Ailor of Aerospace Corp, March 12, 2014.

Ailor reviews what’s known about the asteroids and near earth objects, their threats to earth, how a NEO threat could be diverted, and legal/policy issues.

A sample of his slides: