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Fallingstar1971
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<p>Am I the only one that sees this as impossabe?</p><p> How are you going to launch an object massive enough to deflect a NEO? The LEM was made of tin foil and it took the mighty saturn v to launch it. Would the Apollo command mod and the LEM together have enough mass? No, I dont think so. So where is this starship thats going to haul this mass out there?</p><p>So If the shuttle cant haul it up to space, then it would have to be built there. But how long would constuction take ? Would the ISS have enough mass (assuming we could move it out to the NEO)? ANd just look at how long it took to build it, and its STILL not done.</p><p> I think that solar sails and paint is the only workable, economical, and possible solution. But how well would paint stick to an asteriod? And could the shuttle(s) fit enough of it into there cargo bays to make it work, and will it still be light enough to launch? (MASS,MASS,MASS)</p><p> And last but not least, what if you math is off. Now you have 2 massive NEOs on a collision course with Earth. </p><p> </p>