How to Use Nuclear Bombs for Asteroid Deflection
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6HA4E)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab has a new tool toA improves our understanding of the nuclear deflection's radiation interactions on the asteroid's surface while opening the door to new research on the shockwave dynamics affecting the inner asteroid. The paper introduces an efficient and accurate library of X-ray energy deposition functions, developed using the Kull radiation-hydrodynamics ...