[extropy-chat] space: a novel approach to the NEO problem

[Kevin Freels]

Space.com had an article today that I thought may be of interest to some. SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc is developing a plan for a swarm of robots that would land on a NEO,  "eat" it, then eject the "eaten" part into space via a mass driver with a self-replicating tube to give the asteroid a little nudge in the opposite direction. Here's the article:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=96&ncid=753&e=10&u=/space/20040519/sc_space/asteroideatersrobotstohuntspacerocksprotectearth





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