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Directed Energy laser pushed sail study
DESTAR phased array laser systems for defending against asteroids and for space exploration
Physics.org
Could a laser weapon save earth from killer asteroids?
Team to investigate possibility of using directed energy propulsion for interstellar travel
SETI Institute
Is Planetary Defense Feasible – DE_STAR: A Planetary Defense and Exploration System
Popular Science
Proposed Asteroid-Destroying Satellite Sounds an Awful Lot Like a Death Star
A Space Laser Designed to Vaporize Dangerous Asteroids
SPIE
Phillip Lubin: A space-based array for planetary defense
Stardust
Searching for the Beginning of the Universe – Phillip Lubin
21st Century Science Technology
Physics Central
Scientists Propose “Death Star” Laser Defense Against Asteroids
Optics.org
Asteroid-zapping lasers step out of science fiction
News Sources
News.com
Scientists propose DE-STAR to protect Earth from asteroids
Daily Mail