Pipeline stage · Step 7
Decision & Mission Planning
If an object were found on a collision course with enough warning, agencies and governments would decide on a response — and plan the reconnaissance and deflection mission it would require. NEO Surveyor is being built to give that warning decades ahead.
Surveys, missions & objects
Knowledge connections
- Preceded byRisk Communication
- Associated withSmall Bodies & Planetary Defense
- Associated withNEO Surveyor
- Followed byDeflection
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.