Solar sails to move Asteroid out of earth track 2036
Post date: Dec 31, 2009 8:01:24 PM
Solar sails move Asteroid away from Earth
Mr Perminov said Roscosmos russian space agency
will divert the asteroid making several passes
near earth between 2029 with 30.000 km distance
again 2036 with Solar sails, slow moving the asteroid
with solar particle mass like a sailing boat uses wind.
No nuclear weapons involved so far
Financing needs $1bn to $20bn
"We should pay several hundred million dollars and build
a system that would allow us to prevent a collision,
rather than sit and wait for it to happen and kill hundreds
source: news.bbc.co.uk
La fin du monde est pour 2036
End of world not 2012 but 2036 ?
Asteroid Apophis has a diameter of 350 meters / 1000ft, 880 megatons
source: fr.news.yahoo.com