"DE-STAR is designed to harness some of the power of the Sun and convert it into a massive phased array of laser beams that can destroy, or evaporate, asteroids posing a potential threat to Earth. It is equally capable of changing an asteroid's orbit - deflecting it away from Earth, or into the Sun - and may also prove to be a valuable tool for assessing an asteroid's composition, enabling lucrative, rare-element mining."
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/HTNext/LifeAndUniverse/Sun-powered-lasers-may-vaporise-asteroids-protect-Earth/Article1-1014374.aspxthis reminds of a scene in one of the star wars movies where they shot a laser into a planet and destroyed it.
What do you think?