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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 92 05:10:15
From: Space Digest maintainer <digests@isu.isunet.edu>
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Subject: Space Digest V15 #487
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Space Digest Wed, 2 Dec 92 Volume 15 : Issue 487
Today's Topics:
Space probe to pass Earth
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1992 06:00:01 GMT
From: moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com
Subject: Space probe to pass Earth
Newsgroups: sci.space
In article <1992Dec2.010418.19960@Princeton.EDU>, phoenix.Princeton.EDU!carlosn (Carlos G. Niederstrasser) writes...
>190 miles ?!?! Isn't that even closer than the normal shuttle orbit? Are they
>missing a few zeroes? I mean, at 190 miles I would expect air resistance
>(considering the high speed) to be quite detrimental.
I do believe it is 190 miles.
Hmm. Me just had crazy idea. Aim the spacecraft so the air resistance
will attempt to force the stuck HGA open (like an umbrella or parachute)
while trying to crank it open at the same time. Perhaps this will free
it? Or tear it apart? (I'd guess not, as it was expected to be fully
open now)
>And on a 'whine' note, once again the press trying to scare ignorant fools by
>stating that the spacecraft is atomic-powered. Was that reference really
>necessary in the context of the article? I think not!
naah. If they really wanted to scare the populace they'd mention how
it was powered by pl*t*nium, not merely say "atomic powered"... :-)
-Mike
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