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The Skeptics Guide #901 - Oct 15 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Asteroid Deflection Techniques

There's three major ideas or techniques that you can do to divert an asteroid. The nuke technique is self-explanatory, but it could be extremely useful in specific scenarios. NASA's second best option involves a kinetic impactor like Dart. And then the tug idea has also been called a gravity tractor.

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