Posted on 02/12/2025 6:38:57 AM PST by BenLurkin
Where do you land, then anchor in place to accept the thrust, the rocket/impulse drive when the irregular rock is spinning at 12.625 Rev per day about a random axis NOT aligned on any recognized surface?
So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 2031!
Doctor Evil would suggest using a “laser”. Using a laser on a single spot to boil off material and create a small thrust would get the job done over a reasonable interval of time.
Of course, some of these objects are known to be spinning in multiple axes at different rates, but the technique would still work.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-rotating-movement-of-an-asteroid.505944/
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/02/aa48350-23/aa48350-23.html
“Where do you land, then anchor in place to accept the thrust, the rocket/impulse drive when the irregular rock is spinning at 12.625 Rev per day about a random axis NOT aligned on any recognized surface?”
That’s above my pay grade, but NASA has folks way smarter than me, plus AI to figure it out.
12.6 rev per day is 3 degrees of angular motion per minute.
0.05 degree/second
This is a fraction of wave motion on a carrier deck that jets land on every day.
Not a challenge.
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