10 THE CATALINA SKY SURVEY (CSS) IS COMPRISED OF TWO WIDE-FIELD NEO SURVEY TELESCOPES, AND A DEDICATED FOLLOW-UP TELESCOPE LOCATED IN ARIZONA. CSS HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE 2003, AND IS THE LEADING NEO SURVEY SINCE 2005, ACCOUNTING FOR 64% OF ALL NEO DISCOVERIES DURING THE LAST 9 YEARS. WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE THE BASELINE OPERATIONS OF THE CSS PROJECT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS, WHILE IMPROVING THE FACILITIES, SOFTWARE AND OBSERVING PROCEDURES TO ENSURE CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY EVEN IN AN ERA OF LARGER SURVEY TELESCOPES. CSS DISCOVERS NEOS AT A RATE OF ~600 PER YEAR, AND THIS RATE IS SET TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE AS UPGRADES TO THE SURVEY TELESCOPES ARE BROUGHT ONLINE. CSS SURVEY TELESCOPES ARE SCHEDULED 24 NIGHTS PER LUNATION, AND ARE OPERATED BY TRAINED ASTEROID OBSERVERS. DATA ARE PROCESSED IN REAL-TIME, AND PROMISING NEO CANDIDATES ARE VISUALLY VALIDATED AND REPORTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW SAME-NIGHT CONFIRMATION FROM CSS OR OTHER FOLLOW-UP ASSETS. SAME-NIGHT FOLLOW-UP IS CRITICAL FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL MISSION TARGETS AND IMMINENT IMPACTORS, AS WAS DEMONSTRATED AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH THE DISCOVERY OF 2014 AA, A SMALL (~3M) ASTEROID THAT IMPACTED THE EARTH OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SHORTLY AFTER ITS DISCOVERY BY CSS. THE NEOO PROGRAM IS DIRECTED TO DISCOVER POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ASTEROIDS (PHAS) AS SMALL AS ~100 METERS, AND TO SEARCH FOR POTENTIAL MISSION TARGETS FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. CSS HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN BOTH CATEGORIES, ACCOUNTING FOR THE MAJORITY OF PHA DISCOVERIES SINCE 2005 (57%) AND TALLYING MORE CUMULATIVE PHA DISCOVERIES THAN ANY OTHER SURVEY (495 OUT OF 1452 TOTAL, AS OF APRIL 2014). WITH GROWING INTEREST IN THE ASTEROID REDIRECT ROBOTIC MISSION (ARRM), CSS ALSO HAS DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO DISCOVER SMALL MISSION-ACCESSIBLE OBJECTS, ACCOUNTING FOR ~85% OF THE KNOWN OBJECTS THAT FIT THE BASIC SIZE AND DELTA-V CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION AS AN ARRM CANDIDATE. Funding Only Action ($49) 1/31/19 Not listed THE CATALINA SKY SURVEY (CSS) IS COMPRISED OF TWO WIDE-FIELD NEO SURVEY TELESCOPES AND A DEDICATED FOLLOW-UP TELESCOPE LOCATED IN ARIZONA. CSS HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE 2003 AND IS THE LEADING NEO SURVEY SINCE 2005 ACCOUNTING FOR 64% OF ALL NEO DISCOVERIES DURING THE LAST 9 YEARS. WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE THE BASELINE OPERATIONS OF THE CSS PROJECT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS WHILE IMPROVING THE FACILITIES SOFTWARE AND OBSERVING PROCEDURES TO ENSURE CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY EVEN IN AN ERA OF LARGER SURVEY TELESCOPES. CSS DISCOVERS NEOS AT A RATE OF ~600 PER YEAR AND THIS RATE IS SET TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE AS UPGRADES TO THE SURVEY TELESCOPES ARE BROUGHT ONLINE. CSS SURVEY TELESCOPES ARE SCHEDULED 24 NIGHTS PER LUNATION AND ARE OPERATED BY TRAINED ASTEROID OBSERVERS. DATA ARE PROCESSED IN REAL-TIME AND PROMISING NEO CANDIDATES ARE VISUALLY VALIDATED AND REPORTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW SAME-NIGHT CONFIRMATION FROM CSS OR OTHER FOLLOW-UP ASSETS. SAME-NIGHT FOLLOW-UP IS CRITICAL FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL MISSION TARGETS AND IMMINENT IMPACTORS AS WAS DEMONSTRATED AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH THE DISCOVERY OF 2014 AA A SMALL (~3M) ASTEROID THAT IMPACTED THE EARTH OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SHORTLY AFTER ITS DISCOVERY BY CSS. THE NEOO PROGRAM IS DIRECTED TO DISCOVER POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ASTEROIDS (PHAS) AS SMALL AS ~100 METERS AND TO SEARCH FOR POTENTIAL MISSION TARGETS FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. CSS HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN BOTH CATEGORIES ACCOUNTING FOR THE MAJORITY OF PHA DISCOVERIES SINCE 2005 (57%) AND TALLYING MORE CUMULATIVE PHA DISCOVERIES THAN ANY OTHER SURVEY (495 OUT OF 1452 TOTAL AS OF APRIL 2014). WITH GROWING INTEREST IN THE ASTEROID REDIRECT ROBOTIC MISSION (ARRM) CSS ALSO HAS DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO DISCOVER SMALL MISSION-ACCESSIBLE OBJECTS ACCOUNTING FOR ~85% OF THE KNOWN OBJECTS THAT FIT THE BASIC SIZE AND DELTA-V CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION AS AN ARRM CANDIDATE. ($49) 1/31/19 9 THE CATALINA SKY SURVEY (CSS) IS COMPRISED OF TWO WIDE-FIELD NEO SURVEY TELESCOPES, AND A DEDICATED FOLLOW-UP TELESCOPE LOCATED IN ARIZONA. CSS HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE 2003, AND IS THE LEADING NEO SURVEY SINCE 2005, ACCOUNTING FOR 64% OF ALL NEO DISCOVERIES DURING THE LAST 9 YEARS. WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE THE BASELINE OPERATIONS OF THE CSS PROJECT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS, WHILE IMPROVING THE FACILITIES, SOFTWARE AND OBSERVING PROCEDURES TO ENSURE CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY EVEN IN AN ERA OF LARGER SURVEY TELESCOPES. CSS DISCOVERS NEOS AT A RATE OF ~600 PER YEAR, AND THIS RATE IS SET TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE AS UPGRADES TO THE SURVEY TELESCOPES ARE BROUGHT ONLINE. CSS SURVEY TELESCOPES ARE SCHEDULED 24 NIGHTS PER LUNATION, AND ARE OPERATED BY TRAINED ASTEROID OBSERVERS. DATA ARE PROCESSED IN REAL-TIME, AND PROMISING NEO CANDIDATES ARE VISUALLY VALIDATED AND REPORTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW SAME-NIGHT CONFIRMATION FROM CSS OR OTHER FOLLOW-UP ASSETS. SAME-NIGHT FOLLOW-UP IS CRITICAL FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL MISSION TARGETS AND IMMINENT IMPACTORS, AS WAS DEMONSTRATED AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH THE DISCOVERY OF 2014 AA, A SMALL (~3M) ASTEROID THAT IMPACTED THE EARTH OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SHORTLY AFTER ITS DISCOVERY BY CSS. THE NEOO PROGRAM IS DIRECTED TO DISCOVER POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ASTEROIDS (PHAS) AS SMALL AS ~100 METERS, AND TO SEARCH FOR POTENTIAL MISSION TARGETS FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. CSS HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN BOTH CATEGORIES, ACCOUNTING FOR THE MAJORITY OF PHA DISCOVERIES SINCE 2005 (57%) AND TALLYING MORE CUMULATIVE PHA DISCOVERIES THAN ANY OTHER SURVEY (495 OUT OF 1452 TOTAL, AS OF APRIL 2014). WITH GROWING INTEREST IN THE ASTEROID REDIRECT ROBOTIC MISSION (ARRM), CSS ALSO HAS DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO DISCOVER SMALL MISSION-ACCESSIBLE OBJECTS, ACCOUNTING FOR ~85% OF THE KNOWN OBJECTS THAT FIT THE BASIC SIZE AND DELTA-V CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION AS AN ARRM CANDIDATE. Funding Only Action $957.0k 1/5/18 Not listed THE CATALINA SKY SURVEY (CSS) IS COMPRISED OF TWO WIDE-FIELD NEO SURVEY TELESCOPES AND A DEDICATED FOLLOW-UP TELESCOPE LOCATED IN ARIZONA. CSS HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE 2003 AND IS THE LEADING NEO SURVEY SINCE 2005 ACCOUNTING FOR 64% OF ALL NEO DISCOVERIES DURING THE LAST 9 YEARS. WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE THE BASELINE OPERATIONS OF THE CSS PROJECT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS WHILE IMPROVING THE FACILITIES SOFTWARE AND OBSERVING PROCEDURES TO ENSURE CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY EVEN IN AN ERA OF LARGER SURVEY TELESCOPES. CSS DISCOVERS NEOS AT A RATE OF ~600 PER YEAR AND THIS RATE IS SET TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE AS UPGRADES TO THE SURVEY TELESCOPES ARE BROUGHT ONLINE. CSS SURVEY TELESCOPES ARE SCHEDULED 24 NIGHTS PER LUNATION AND ARE OPERATED BY TRAINED ASTEROID OBSERVERS. DATA ARE PROCESSED IN REAL-TIME AND PROMISING NEO CANDIDATES ARE VISUALLY VALIDATED AND REPORTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW SAME-NIGHT CONFIRMATION FROM CSS OR OTHER FOLLOW-UP ASSETS. SAME-NIGHT FOLLOW-UP IS CRITICAL FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL MISSION TARGETS AND IMMINENT IMPACTORS AS WAS DEMONSTRATED AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH THE DISCOVERY OF 2014 AA A SMALL (~3M) ASTEROID THAT IMPACTED THE EARTH OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SHORTLY AFTER ITS DISCOVERY BY CSS. THE NEOO PROGRAM IS DIRECTED TO DISCOVER POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ASTEROIDS (PHAS) AS SMALL AS ~100 METERS AND TO SEARCH FOR POTENTIAL MISSION TARGETS FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. CSS HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN BOTH CATEGORIES ACCOUNTING FOR THE MAJORITY OF PHA DISCOVERIES SINCE 2005 (57%) AND TALLYING MORE CUMULATIVE PHA DISCOVERIES THAN ANY OTHER SURVEY (495 OUT OF 1452 TOTAL AS OF APRIL 2014). WITH GROWING INTEREST IN THE ASTEROID REDIRECT ROBOTIC MISSION (ARRM) CSS ALSO HAS DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO DISCOVER SMALL MISSION-ACCESSIBLE OBJECTS ACCOUNTING FOR ~85% OF THE KNOWN OBJECTS THAT FIT THE BASIC SIZE AND DELTA-V CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION AS AN ARRM CANDIDATE. $957.0k 1/5/18 Not listed THE CATALINA SKY SURVEY (CSS) IS COMPRISED OF TWO WIDE-FIELD NEO SURVEY TELESCOPES AND A DEDICATED FOLLOW-UP TELESCOPE LOCATED IN ARIZONA. CSS HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE 2003 AND IS THE LEADING NEO SURVEY SINCE 2005 ACCOUNTING FOR 64% OF ALL NEO DISCOVERIES DURING THE LAST 9 YEARS. WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE THE BASELINE OPERATIONS OF THE CSS PROJECT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS WHILE IMPROVING THE FACILITIES SOFTWARE AND OBSERVING PROCEDURES TO ENSURE CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY EVEN IN AN ERA OF LARGER SURVEY TELESCOPES. CSS DISCOVERS NEOS AT A RATE OF ~600 PER YEAR AND THIS RATE IS SET TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE AS UPGRADES TO THE SURVEY TELESCOPES ARE BROUGHT ONLINE. CSS SURVEY TELESCOPES ARE SCHEDULED 24 NIGHTS PER LUNATION AND ARE OPERATED BY TRAINED ASTEROID OBSERVERS. DATA ARE PROCESSED IN REAL-TIME AND PROMISING NEO CANDIDATES ARE VISUALLY VALIDATED AND REPORTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW SAME-NIGHT CONFIRMATION FROM CSS OR OTHER FOLLOW-UP ASSETS. SAME-NIGHT FOLLOW-UP IS CRITICAL FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL MISSION TARGETS AND IMMINENT IMPACTORS AS WAS DEMONSTRATED AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH THE DISCOVERY OF 2014 AA A SMALL (~3M) ASTEROID THAT IMPACTED THE EARTH OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SHORTLY AFTER ITS DISCOVERY BY CSS. THE NEOO PROGRAM IS DIRECTED TO DISCOVER POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ASTEROIDS (PHAS) AS SMALL AS ~100 METERS AND TO SEARCH FOR POTENTIAL MISSION TARGETS FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. CSS HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN BOTH CATEGORIES ACCOUNTING FOR THE MAJORITY OF PHA DISCOVERIES SINCE 2005 (57%) AND TALLYING MORE CUMULATIVE PHA DISCOVERIES THAN ANY OTHER SURVEY (495 OUT OF 1452 TOTAL AS OF APRIL 2014). WITH GROWING INTEREST IN THE ASTEROID REDIRECT ROBOTIC MISSION (ARRM) CSS ALSO HAS DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO DISCOVER SMALL MISSION-ACCESSIBLE OBJECTS ACCOUNTING FOR ~85% OF THE KNOWN OBJECTS THAT FIT THE BASIC SIZE AND DELTA-V CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION AS AN ARRM CANDIDATE. $52.2k 9/30/17