Matthew Graham
Matthew Graham
Matthew Graham is a British television writer, and the co-creator of the BBC/Kudos Film and Television science fiction series Life on Mars, which debuted in 2006 on BBC One and has received international critical acclaim...
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People have not made a production version of this. So something very reliable and light and strong and accurate is needed.
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Drilling systems today mainly use water to move mass up the tube and away from the bit. In space, you need to develop a closed system to do that.
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We're aiming to examine the whole idea of these robots.
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The benefit of the swarm is redundancy. Some could be destroyed, others lost, and the rest can still challenge the asteroid.
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It's like throwing rocks from inside a rowboat. Over time, you end up moving the boat.
If it's a world-killing asteroid, well then it's all about motivation.
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They looked for the White Rocks, ... which is a 3,500-foot-high rock face and was a landmark for pioneers. When they saw the rocks, travelers knew they were only a day's journey away from the Gap.
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If you have a good amount of warning, like 10 years, then you don't need to send many.