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- From: naylor@research.canon.oz.au (William Naylor)
- Subject: airliners in low earth orbit
- X-Submission-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:58:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <airliners.1993.96@ohare.Chicago.COM>
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- Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 02:59:49 PST
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- I have heard it suggested that long distance air travel could eventually
- be done by airliners which fly in low earth orbit. Flying in low earth
- orbit could reduce travel time and reduce fuel consumption.
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- I know almost nothing about this and I was hoping some of you could
- enlighten me. Particularly, I would like to know:
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- 1) What are the difficulties and advantages of flying in low earth orbit?
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- 2) How much research has been done/is being done?
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- 3) What is the status of the research?
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- Please e-mail replies to me; I'll post a summary.
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- Thanks.
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