[TML] Solution to the near-c rock question

[Eris Reddoch]

Brad Murray wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2008 12:34 PM, Jerry W Barrington <jursamaj at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Err... gravitationally?  How big a package you sending?
> 
> 20 tons or so.  Big for a scientific package but not logistically
> impossible.  You need to carry a bunch of fuel anyway.  With a year or
> two's lead time you don't need all that big a vector to miss an earth
> sized object.

I think using a mass driver powered by solar panels and chunks 
of the rock itself to change its course would be than trying 
to carry fuel with you.

Eris