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Re:If We Blow Up an Asteroid, It Might Put Itself Back Together by 19870213 on Saturday March 09, 2019 @04:28PM (#19348602)
One of the asteroid redirection ideas is to have a probe with a laser evaporate part of the asteroid, the exhaust would then impart a force to nudge it off course. If caught earlier enough it's sufficient to prevent a collision with Earth.
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