Bruce Bostwick wrote: > Not as tall an order as it might sound, using something like VASIMR which > has an Isp of up to 5000 s. Once you get out of the atmosphere, a higher > efficiency engine system can spread out the delta-V across a fairly large > period of time, and with enough engines and enough energy (some of which, > for part of the mission at least, can come from PV panels), I think it would > be within reach to bring us a suitable size asteroid.
How about the way they did it in Heart of the Comet? Doug _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com