Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2016-09-28 to 2017-06-09
Current total value of award: $62188.6
Description: THIRD TABLETOP EXERCISE (TTX#3)FOR NEO WARNING AND IMPACT EVENT IN SUPPORT OF THE PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION. PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:   WORK WITH THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE  FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY  (FEMA ) TO DEVELOP THE LOGISTICS FOR THE TABLETOP EXERCISE. THIS INCLUDES ESTABLISHING THE GENERAL FLOW OF THE EXERCISE, THE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS TO BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE, THE MATERIALS TO BE PROVIDED TO EACH PARTICIPANT BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE EXERCISE, THE LOCATION AND TIME OF THE EXERCISE, AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE ASTEROID THREAT SCENARIO INTO THE EXERCISE PROGRAM.  2. LEAD AND COORDINATE EFFORTS OF THE EXPERTS TO DEVELOP AND SCRIPT A COMPLETE SCENARIO TO BE PRESENTED TO EXERCISE PARTICIPANTS. THE SCRIPT WILL INCLUDE PRE-EXERCISE MATERIALS, A KICK-OFF BRIEFING PROVIDING BASIC INFORMATION ON THE ASTEROID THREAT, AND UPDATES AS THE THREAT EVOLVES (TRACKING DATA ADDS NEW DETAIL, ETC.). PREPARE MINUTES FROM TELECONS OF THE GROUP DEVELOPING THE SCRIPT.  3. PARTICIPATE IN AND LEAD THE EXERCISE.  4. UPDATE THE APP WITH THE SCENARIO DETAILS AND EXISTING INFORMATION ON KINETIC IMPACTORS AND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES, AS WELL AS THE EFFECTS OF THESE TECHNIQUES ON AN ASTEROID. OUTPUT FROM THE APP WILL BE COMBINED WITH BEST JUDGMENT TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS DURING THE EXERCISE.  5. KEEP A RECORD OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED BY PARTICIPANTS, THE INFORMATION REQUESTED, AND OTHER DETAILS AS THE EXERCISE PROGRESSES.  6. CONDUCT A HALF-DAY WRAP-UP SESSION WITH EXPERTS AND SELECTED TTX PARTICIPANTS THE DAY FOLLOWING THE EXERCISE TO CAPTURE THOUGHTS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE EXERCISE. PRIMARY INTEREST IS IN LESSONS RELATED TO THE TYPES OF INFORMATION REQUESTED, WITH SPECIFIC INTEREST IN THE TECHNICAL INPUT REQUESTED ON MITIGATION MISSION AND CAMPAIGN DESIGN, IMPACT EFFECTS, AND CIVIL DEFENSE.  7. PREPARE AND COORDINATE A SUMMARY OF THE EXERCISE AND INFORMATION LEARNED FROM THE EXERCISE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO EXERCISE SPONSORS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE END OF THE EXERCISE.