Near-Earth Asteroids Preparing to Laser Some, and Fly Your Name to One

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LASER BEES UPDATE Things are going well with the Planetary Society-sponsored Laser Bees project. The Laser Bees concept is to use a small "swarm" of spacecraft, each equipped with a powerful laser, to change the orbit of a potentially dangerous asteroid if one were to threaten the Earth. The lasers would of this seemingly promising technique. Here is part of a recent update from project leader Massimiliano Vasile and graduate student Alison Gibbings: