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Laser ablation for the effective deflection, exploration and exploitation of asteroids

Gibbings, Alison and Vasile, Massimiliano and Watson, Ian A. and Hopkins, John-Mark and Burns, David (2012) Laser ablation for the effective deflection, exploration and exploitation of asteroids. In: Astrobiology Science Conference 2012, 2012-04-16 - 2012-04-20.

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Abstract

Any asteroid-to-Earth impacting event could result in the wide spread, a mass extinction of life. To address this risk, laster ablation is being investigated as a justifiable and achievable technique for the successful mitigation and deflection of asteroids.

Item type: Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
ID code: 44145
Keywords: laser ablation, asteroid deflection, asteroid exploitation, asteroid exploration, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Subjects: Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery
Technology > Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Department: Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Technology and Innovation Centre > Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing
Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited: 19 Jun 2013 10:07
Last modified: 23 Apr 2019 00:28
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URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/44145
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