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has been cited by the following article:
TITLE: Cosmic Engineering: Moving Asteroids
AUTHORS: Marcin Misiak
KEYWORDS: Astrodynamics; Celestial Mechanics; Orbital Motion; Optimal Control
JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol.3 No.4, December 24, 2013
ABSTRACT: This paper presents methods of orbit transfer for small planetoids from the main belt to the future colonies on Mars using current technologies. The results show that by using nuclear weapon or even kinetic energy weapon (for retrograde bodies) asteroids with masses up to about 100 tons can be moved. Both options assume that asteroid will survive explosion.