Simulations explore nuclear mitigation of asteroid threats

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNow, asteroids.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentLawrence Livermore simulated nuclear blasts on a one-hundred-sixty-meter rock, and a detonation farther from the surface deposited less total energy but caused more widespread damage, because the energy spread over a larger area.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the bomb does less, from further away, and wins. That's every group project lead I've ever seen.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIn the longest run, about ninety-eight percent of the asteroid material was fully damaged. It's a simulation in the Spheral code, Kenji, nobody is launching anything.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNinety-eight percent. Who's the two percent?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe researchers say the best approach depends on the asteroid's size, shape and composition. Rex, does your sport ever get this much planning?