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.

Preview

Image (JPEG)
Gibbings_A_et_al_Poster_Laser_ablation_for_the_effective_deflection_exploration_and_exploitation_of_asteroids.jpg
Preprint
Download (1MB)| Preview

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.

ORCID iDs

Gibbings, Alison, Vasile, Massimiliano

, Watson, Ian A., Hopkins, John-Mark and Burns, David;

Item metadata

Item type:	Conference or Workshop Item(Poster)
ID code:	44145
Dates:	Date Event 16 April 2012 Published
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:	17 Jun 2021 01:45
Related URLs:	http://abscicon2012.arc.nasa.gov/
URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/44145

Export

CORE (COnnecting REpositories)