'HAMMER' Time? Spacecraft Could Nuke Dangerous Asteroid to Defend Earth

'HAMMER' Time? Spacecraft Could Nuke Dangerous Asteroid to Defend Earth

To neutralize, or at least mitigate, such threats, a HAMMER would have to be outfitted with a nuke, the study team stressed. "Whenever practical, the kinetic impactor is the preferred approach, but various factors, such as large uncertainties or short available response time, reduce the kinetic impactor's suitability and, ultimately, eliminate its sufficiency," the researchers wrote in the Acta Astronautica paper.

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