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Originally posted by anhinga
Awesome, I found the article HERE. I knew I wasn't losing it and was totally shocked when reading this:
However, the asteroid is not likely to repeat the plot of Hollywood blockbusters, as modern technology would allow the asteroid's orbit to be corrected using small satellites, Shustov said.
"To blast an asteroid, as some hot shots suggest, is quite an unpredictable step, and a more cautious approach is welcomed now," he said.
He said that a microsatellite with 10 liters of fuel could correct the path of the space body.