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- From: mwallis@clubzen.fidonet.org (Michael Wallis)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: SPS fouling astronomy
- Message-ID: <ZHgXPB8w165w@clubzen.fidonet.org>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 21:35:34 GMT
- References: <1992Aug18.165210.20791@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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- Frederick.A.Ringwald@dartmouth.edu (Frederick A. Ringwald) writes:
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- > In article <roelle.714081429@uars_mag>
- > roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
- >
- > > Are there really persons out there who believe a fair assessment of
- > > the physical universe can be made by restricting our view to the
- > > celestial cones around Earth's polar regions?
- >
- > Hey, wait a minute. THIS wouldn't happen in any case. A full-up SPS
- > system would brighten the entire sky, largely due to scattered light in
- > the Earth's atmosphere. This would be seen by any observer on Earth,
- > except those above |82| degrees latitude, who would see a dark sky
- > (providing it's night, it's clear, and no aurora is around).
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- I have NO idea where you got your info in SPS systems, but it seems there
- is little in what you say that relates to actual SPS designs or proposals.
- The SPS systems transmit power in the microwave frequencies not in visible
- light. Get some facts, please!!
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- mwallis@clubzen.fidonet.org - Michael Wallis
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