[FPSPACE] How to save the world from an asteroid impact

[LARRY KLAES]

How to save the world from an asteroid impact 
 

New Scientist Space Mar. 25, 2009
 
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Asteroids could be nudged away from a collision course with Earth by a small nuclear explosion or by using lasers to vaporize a region, creating a plume of gas that should provide enough thrust to push the asteroid off course, according to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and University of Glasgow scientists….
 
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