New SEI Image of Solar Ablation Asteroid Mitigation Concept

SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI) has posted an image of a potential asteroid movement technology. The image shows a solar ablation asteroid mitigation concept wherein a series of mirrors and lenses focus sunlight onto the NEO, causing material on the NEO’s surface to be expelled.

Link: Image

Link: SEI Planetary Defense website

Link: PowerPoint (in PDF format) from H. J. Melosh (University of Arizona) on Mirror Ablation Process (from the 2004 Planetary Defense Conference)

Link: Video (Windows Media) from H. J. Melosh (University of Arizona) on Mirror Ablation Process (from the 2004 Planetary Defense Conference)