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by pavel_lishin 574 days ago
I think comets are significantly harder to get a hold of; they're in long-period orbits, and changing their trajectories - or even catching up with them! - is significantly harder than catching something that circles the sun inside the orbit of Jupiter.
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But could you use the hydrocarbons on the comet as fuel to change the orbit to a desirable one?
Voyager, with with deflection nukes.