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Deflecting an asteroid - Illustration

by

Mondolithic Studios/Novapix

Reference

a-ast99-90601

Date

2010-03-10

Several mass drivers are attached to an asteroid to push it into a non-Earth impacting course. A mass driver or electromagnetic catapult is a proposed method of non-rocket spacelaunch that would use a linear motor to accelerate and catapult payloads up to high speeds.