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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Another application could be deflection of killer asteroids. I think there is one that is known to have a small chance of hitting us within a couple decades (vs a minuscule chance of hitting us within a century). I sat fly out, land, and shift its trajectory by half a degree so that it can't hit the Earth. Unless we want to send Bruce Willis, a bunch of roughnecks, and a nuke instead ...
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Or shift it just enough to put in a stable orbit and mine that puppy! If there's anything useful on it anyway...