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astro-ph.EP2016★ 27 cited
Directed Energy Missions for Planetary Defense
Philip Lubin, Gary B. Hughes, Mike Eskenazi +14
Directed energy for planetary defense is now a viable option and is superior in many ways to other proposed technologies, being able to defend the Earth against all known threats.…
astro-ph.EP2016★ 9 cited
Orbital Simulations on Deflecting Near-Earth Objects by Directed Energy
Qicheng Zhang, Kevin J. Walsh, Carl Melis +2
Laser ablation of a Near-Earth Object (NEO) on a collision course with Earth produces a cloud of ejecta which exerts a thrust on the NEO, deflecting it from its original trajectory…