From: jdnicoll@panix.com   
      
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   Scott Lurndal  wrote:   
   >Lynn McGuire  writes:   
   >>On 12/30/2025 4:39 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   >>> Discusses both Gravity and Electrostatic tractor beam feasability   
   >>> for asteriod deflection.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >https://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/doc/MAD/pub/ACT-RPR-MAD-2008-Electr   
   staticTractor.pdf   
   >>   
   >>The space ship will need to be size of the asteroid with huge engines.   
   >   
   >Ah, it's clear you didn't actually read the PDF.   
   >   
      
   Lynn's posts fall into two sets: stuff he didn't understand and stuff   
   he's actively misrepresenting.   
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