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BARRINGER CRATER, ARIZONA
2/3 mile diameter crater
50 yard diameter asteroid
50 thousand years ago
REGIONAL destruction
STEROID
ERRESTRIALIMPACT
AST
LERT
YSTEM
AATTLLAASS
• portable • robotic• autonomous• local
Ironwood Observatory
STEROID
ERRESTRIALIMPACT
AST
LERT
YSTEM
AATTLLAASS
• Cost• ≈ $2M construction for 2 sites• ≈ $0.5M/year operations• ≈ $1M incremental/site
• Time• 2 years from start of funding
OPPORTUNITIES
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OPPORTUNITIES
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