Asteroid & comet impact
Deflection missions require 3–10 years of lead time. Pre-positioned funding isn’t a preference — it’s physics.
Deflection: ProvenFund$0
Space-risk finance — planetary defense
The technology to stop it exists. The capital doesn't.
Humanity can already deflect asteroids, harden power grids, and clear decaying orbits. What's missing is a standing financial architecture to fund it — staged before the next event, not scrambled after.
Q2 2026Planetary defenseProvenSolar resiliencePartialOrbital debrisDemonstratedStanding fund committed for any of the above$0
The problem
The technology exists. The treasury does not.
Three proven threat domains. Zero dedicated financial infrastructure.
Orbital debris cascade
Each collision creates thousands of new fragments. Without funded removal capacity, the cascade accelerates faster than natural orbital decay.
Removal: DemonstratedFund$0
Geomagnetic storms
A Carrington-class geomagnetic storm could damage hundreds of high-voltage transformers simultaneously. Replacements take 12–18 months to manufacture.
Prediction: AdvancingFund$0
Proven capability
Proven Capability. Missing Infrastructure.
Proven mechanisms exist for every risk category. None have been applied to space-origin threats.
In September 2022, NASA's DART mission successfully altered the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos. The technical ecosystem for planetary defense is operational and growing.
33 minutes
DART altered Dimorphos's orbit by 33 minutes — 25× the minimum for mission success.
$0
Zero transactions. Ever.
- —No standing fund
- —No rapid-response treasury
- —No pre-approved deployment
- —No cost-sharing framework
2022DART MissionFirst successful deflectionConfirmed
2028NEO SurveyorSpace-based detectionLaunching
—ESA RAMSESApophis rendezvousProposed
2016+IAWN / SMPAGInternational coordinationActive
The gap
We fund every catastrophe but this one.
Catastrophe-finance mechanisms already move billions for terrestrial risks. Not a dollar is staged for space-origin threats.
$4.8B
World Bank catastrophe bonds (issued)
$3.4B
FEMA disaster funding (annual)
$700M
Satellite insurance market (annual premiums)
$0
Dedicated fund for space-origin threats
Critical Windows
The Clock Is Running
Three converging timelines where the absence of financial architecture becomes the binding constraint.
Asteroid Apophis will pass closer to Earth than our communications satellites.
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Hrs
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Min
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31,600 km
Closest approach
2B
Viewers
Will we have the financial architecture ready?
Projected threshold where collision cascading becomes self-sustaining without active intervention.
27,000+
Tracked objects
~3/day
High-risk alerts
Will we have the mitigation architecture ready?
Solar Cycle 26 peak — every 11-year cycle carries Carrington-class risk.
$2T+
Estimated impact
12–18 mo.
Transformer lead time
Will we have the resilient infrastructure ready?
The solution
Building the Financial Architecture
Not inventing new mechanisms. Extending proven ones to all space-origin threats.
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The DSR Bank
Multilateral institution for pooled space-risk defense capital. GDP-weighted contributions fund asteroid deflection, debris removal, and grid hardening — three threats, one treasury.
Modeled on GEF, GFDRR
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Space Risk Bonds
Capital markets instruments structured for each threat profile: deflection-timeline bonds for asteroid risk, removal-capacity bonds for debris mitigation, and resilience-linked bonds for grid infrastructure.
Mechanism: World Bank Cat Bonds
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Global Governance
Transparent framework with scientific oversight spanning COPUOS, ITU, and national grid authorities — coordinating response across orbital and terrestrial domains.
Compatible with COPUOS, ITU norms
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Your Role in the Architecture
Different expertise is needed. Where do you fit?
Policymakers
Governance frameworks and multilateral coordination
Institutional Partners
Partnership structures and membership models
Technical Partners
Mission costs and capability assessments
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