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Deflecting an asteroid - Illustration

auteur: Mondolithic Studios/Novapix

référence: a-ast99-90601

Image Size 300 DPI: 45 * 29 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTEROID - ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - IMPACT - MASS DRIVER - MOON - PLANET - PROPULSION - SPACE - SPACEPROBE -