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Letter: Cushioned impact

Published 13 February 2013

From Gwydion M. Williams

Nigel Henbest’s feature “Close call” looked at averting the threat to Earth from asteroid strikes (26 January, p 42). I wonder if deploying a large number of balloons might work, in the manner of a bouncy castle.

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Issue no. 2904 published 16 February 2013

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