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To: jimtorr

In 2025, land a couple nuclear-powered ion rockets on the surface and slowly push the asteroid into a different orbit.


169 posted on 12/10/2005 8:50:36 AM PST by Tax Government (Support the Ann Coulter Act of 2006. No free speech at colleges ==> no fed funds.)
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To: Tax Government

Or, do a few small-sized nuclear explosions some distance away that would gently vaporize the surface and nudge it in the right direction without fragmenting it. However, making a small number of fragments would probably leave them all in non-colliding orbits.


171 posted on 12/10/2005 8:54:27 AM PST by Tax Government (Support the Ann Coulter Act of 2006. No free speech at colleges ==> no fed funds.)
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