By using gravity as your tow line, you can sidle up to an asteroid. Maintain it for a year and that should give it enough nudge to miss the earth 20 years later.
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This saves you from having to land on the asteroid and then trying to stabilize yourself on a flying pile of rock and debris which is spinning all the time.Stanley Love
We know enough about this asteroid to know it is a potential threat but we still have a few more years to watch this thing and get a better handle on what it is going to do.
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Impacts and explosions are difficult to predict and control. When you're trying to save the Earth, you want them to be both controllable and predictable.
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You just want to hang there and let the spacecraft gradually adjust the asteroid's course.
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It's like changing the angle of a bank shot in pool. A little change early on has a large effect down the line.
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