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Contact: Bong Wie
bongwie@iastate.edu
515-294-3124
Iowa State University
Caption: An intercept satellite races toward an asteroid. Studies by Iowa State University's Bong Wie indicate such a vehicle could blast apart asteroids that threaten Earth.
Credit: Image courtesy of Iowa State's Asteroid Deflection Research Center.
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