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We'd use something more like Starship which itself is about an order of magnitude more efficient that FH, but even more advanced. Nudging Earth grazing asteroid
by simonh 4y ago
We'd use something more like Starship which itself is about an order of magnitude more efficient that FH, but even more advanced. Nudging Earth grazing asteroids to the L1 point would take relatively little energy. We could probably use ion engines or hall effect thrusters. Something the size of Brazil is a stretch, sure, but we could probably have a meaningful effect with a lot less than that, and in combination with other measures it might make sense. Not definitely, but might.