TIE-Defender
This is my submission. In this i will use a small ion-propelled probe to redirect a class E asteroid that is going to collide with Kerbin in 15 years. This way I only need to give a few centimeters of acceleration to move the asteroid the 100 km required to avoid the atmosphere and ground. The probe is shown here:
It is called the TIE-DEFENDER. it stands for something but I cannot think of a cool acronym.
It will be launched on an Atlas 5 401
The DEFENDER on approach to asteroid OMP-241E
Closer. . . . .
Video of the ion engines firing
It will take many years of constant firing to change the asteroids course by just a few centimeters. when it is done, the asteroid will skim the atmosphere at 150 kilometers. while it is making it's flyby, numerous scientific probes are sent to it as it approaches Earth/Kerbin. The scientific gain is MASSIVE!
video of the close flyby of Earth/Kerbin
A close call for Human/Kerbal Kind, and a massive scientific overflow. thank you for reading
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