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June 01, 2013

Scientists suggest cosmic 'billiards' to protect Earth from asteroids
Moscow (UPI) May 31, 2013
One way to protect earth from the risk of asteroid collisions would be to use tame asteroids in a serious game of cosmic billiards, Russian scientists suggest. Several near-Earth asteroids could be towed closer to Earth to serve as a cache of celestial projectiles against incoming space threats, Natan Eismont of the Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences said. The orbiting captured asteroids could be "lined up" so that one passes 50,000 to 100,000 miles from Earth every ... read more

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French government posts space counsellor in Bangalore

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