[TML] Asteroid Deflection

[Tom Naro]

Rob Davenport rgd at travellercentral.com wrote:
>>From: Leon Wu <Leon.Wu at newswire.ca>
>>Near C rocks?

>I looked up some stuff about 
>asteroid/comet deflection:
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_deflection_strategies>

>1)  What about jump drives (in the far future obviously)? Could one or 
>more be attached to an incoming rock (a non-near-C type rock probably) and 
>just jump it (or as much of it as possible) somewhere else? Never mind 
>about a misjump, in fact that'd probably be preferred. (Induced misjump?).
The problem is *catching* the rock.  If you can intercept the rock far enough out it might work.
 
My idea was a sacrifice jump - position the jumpship in the path of the object and time the jump so that the ship will jump exactly as the rock hits it.  The best result you could hope for would be *Ship destroyed - but asteroid no longer a threat.*
 
Of course, it might take an awfully big ship to make either concept work.
 
Could a jump drive be the ultimate near-c rock defense?