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A spacecraft capable of saving the world from a catastrophic asteroid collision has been designed by British space scientists.
The 30m gravity tractor would need to be launched around 20 years before an asteroid is due to the hit the earth, giving it enough time to intercept the asteroid as it orbits the sun and change its trajectory.