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September 2, 2009 ·
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Gravity tractor could deflect killer asteroids
By T.K. RandallSeptember 2, 2009 ·
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Image Credit: NASA
A British team of scientists and engineers have come up with a plan for a "gravity tractor", a device that would use gravity to change the trajectory of an incoming asteroid so that it would avoid colliding with the Earth.
A team of British scientists and engineers is developing plans for a spacecraft that could stop large asteroids from hitting the Earth. The 10-tonne "gravity tractor" would deflect any orbiting rocks years before any potential collision could happen.
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