Energy requirements and payload masses for near-earth objects hazard mitigation

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-50

  Remo, J L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIVES; LASER APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; ORBITS; SOLAR ENERGY;

COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITY SOURCES; NEAR EARTH OBJECTS; POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OBJECT;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0034224358     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(00)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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