... attach a gigantic weight to an Earth-bound asteroid using an enormous cord. This crazy-sounding contraption ... needed,” he said. Once the rope and weight were installed, the asteroid would get nudged through nothing but the laws of gravity. However, the method is not lacking ... deflection idea is an interesting intellectual exercise,” said astronomer David Morrison of the Asteroid and Comet ...

... attach a gigantic weight to an Earth-bound asteroid using an enormous cord. This crazy-sounding contraption ... needed," he said. Once the rope and weight were installed, the asteroid would get nudged through nothing but the laws of gravity. However, the method is not lacking ... deflection idea is an interesting intellectual exercise," said astronomer David Morrison of the Asteroid and Comet ...