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Discusses both Gravity and Electrostatic tractor beam feasability
for asteriod deflection.

https://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/doc/MAD/pub/ACT-RPR-MAD-2008-ElectrostaticTractor.pdf
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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-ElectrostaticTractor.pdf

The space ship will need to be size of the asteroid with huge engines.

Lynn

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On 1/1/26 13:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:

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-
ElectrostaticTractor.pdf

The space ship will need to be size of the asteroid with huge engines.

Lynn

Remember speculative fiction is not confined to present levels of technology.
Minaturization of equipment capable of handling vast amounts of power is
merely the extension of what has been done already.

Remember Doc Smith's ships with bus bars sagging from the heat?
I saw sagging bus bars at the Nuclear Power Facilty in Idaho in the
early 1960s.

Better conductors and more powerful capacitors and batteries are on the
drawing boards with exotic new materials.

bliss
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In article <10j6o2g$3qqmr$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

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-ElectrostaticTracto
r.pdf

The space ship will need to be size of the asteroid with huge engines.

It doesn't need great mass and power if it is taking a long time to
modify the orbit.
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Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> 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-ElectrostaticTractor.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.

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In article <YVR5R.83859$WOOa.71789@fx41.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> 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-ElectrostaticTractor.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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On 1/2/2026 9:57 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> 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-ElectrostaticTractor.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.

TL,DR

Lynn

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On 1/2/2026 11:04 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

In article <YVR5R.83859$WOOa.71789@fx41.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> 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-ElectrostaticTractor.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.

There's a third class, where he's discussing personal experiences, and
areas within his field of expertise. Those are quite accurate.

pt
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