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This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks.

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Chinese researchers propose deflecting 'Armageddon' asteroids with rockets

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by: dumpster4@hotmail.co - Sun, 11 Jul 2021 03:30 UTC

China wants to play "Asteroids":

"Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's largest rockets
to practice turning away a sizable asteroid - a technique that may eventually
be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth."

"At China's National Space Science Center, researchers found in simulations
that 23 Long March 5 rockets hitting simultaneously could deflect a large
asteroid from its original path by a distance 1.4 times the Earth's radius.

Their calculations are based on an asteroid dubbed Bennu, orbiting the sun,
which is as wide as the Empire State Building is tall. It belongs to a class of
rocks with the potential to cause regional or continental damage. Asteroids
spanning more than 1 km would have global consequences."

See:

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/chinese-researchers-propose-deflecting-armageddon-asteroids-with-rockets-2021-07-07/

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