Toward directed energy planetary defense

Toward directed energy planetary defense

Asteroids and comets that cross Earth’s orbit pose a credible risk of impact, with potentially severe disturbances to Earth and society. We propose an orbital planetary defense system capable of heating the surface of potentially hazardous objects to the vaporization point as a feasible approach to...

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Main Authors: Lubin, Philip, Hughes, Gary B., Bible, Johanna, Bublitz, Jesse, Arriola, Josh, Motta, Caio, Suen, Jon, Johansson, Isabella, Riley, Jordan, Sarvian, Nilou, Clayton-Warwick, Deborah, Wu, Jane, Milich, Andrew, Oleson, Mitch, Pryor, Mark, Krogen, Peter Ra, Kangas, Miikka, O’Neill, Hugh
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88427
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8847-3448

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