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How does the gravity tractor work?

'What the gravitational tractor does is hover above the surface of the asteroid nearby, without actually touching it, and using its rockets, which are canted to the sides of the asteroid, basically pulls it using the gravity force between the spacecraft and the asteroid.'



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    Image: Dan Durda, FIAAA / B612 Foundation
 

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