Lawrence Livermore Laboratory looking at ways to deflect killer asteroids

ENN
Feb 17, 2016, 8:23 am26 pts
Asteroids headed for a collision with the Earth, if found early enough, can be acted upon to prevent the potentially devastating consequences of an impact. One technique to divert an asteroid, called kinetic impact, uses a spacecraft to crash into the body at high speeds.This approach delivers the momentum of…

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