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.
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Item type: Conference or Workshop Item(Poster) ID code: 44145 Dates: DateEvent16 April 2012PublishedSubjects: Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery
Technology > Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. AstronauticsDepartment: Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Technology and Innovation Centre > Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing
Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of PhotonicsDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 19 Jun 2013 10:07 Last modified: 09 Apr 2024 05:48 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/44145
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