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Why, rockets, retro-rockets, and some parachutes! :)
by slater 12y ago
Why, rockets, retro-rockets, and some parachutes! :)
- jessriedel 12y agoRockets would be hugely expensive, and would negate the value (unless the asteroid were solid gold or so). Much better would be to apply an ablative heat shield and just let the thing strike the ground (or ocean) at terminal velocity in a controlled area.