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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/02/19/asteroid.deflector.reut/index.html Space scientists are eyeing an incoming asteroid as the first candidate for a course deflection mission - using a satellite's gravity to gently nudge a rock away from a collision with our planet. The asteroid has a one in thousands chance of hitting in the first place (in 2036), but it's close enough and relevant enough for the eggheads to start campaigning for a spacecraft to try moving it out of the way. The technique recommended is the recently-devised "Gravity Tractor" technique: they'll sling a craft into an eliptical orbit around the rock, whose gravity deflection will slowly but surely move the asteroid's course until we're out of danger. Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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