The last installment of this year's hypothetical asteroid impact scenario from #PDC2023 in April was finally released: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/pd/cs/pdc23/epoch4.html.

Again:

This is a test.

In this scenario, deflection did not succeed so that impact effects can be considered.

This is only a test.

We have the technology.

Also, contrary to this opinion piece, the impact hazard is not an 'existential risk'.

I would like to see the rest of the #PDC2023 hypothetical impact scenario, though.

https://theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-somewhere-a-large-asteroid-is-on-course-to-eventually-hit-earth-will/

(Also: the term "existential risk" is currently being co-opted by a variety of scammers who pretend that "AI" is an existential risk and sometimes mention the impact hazard & other real risks as a cover. Scientists should be careful.)

For everyone who attended #PDC2023 in April:

The next installment in this year's hypothetical impact scenario has been released: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/pd/cs/pdc23/epoch3.html.

For everyone else:

This is only a test.

Let no one mistake pre-scripted scenarios as training tools for anything real.

A bit of an odd request for asteroid folks:

If any of you have contact information for Qi Chen at the CNSA Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, could you email it to me?

I have been unable to find any email address on the English-language internet.

#PDC2023

For other #PDC2023 attendees:

I may have missed it: Was there a timeline for when the rest of the hypothetical impact scenario was going to be released?

The second half is still listed as "coming soon" - https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/pd/cs/pdc23/epoch3.html .

And for everyone else:

This is only a test.

#PDC2023
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