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   From: kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net   
      
   "ANIM8Rfsk"  wrote in message   
   news:BF84E912.59369%ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net...   
   > in article 11lv4326h980v85@news.supernews.com, Paul Vader at   
   > pv+usenet@pobox.com wrote on 10/26/05 7:19 AM:   
   >   
   >> "Ken from Chicago"  writes:   
   >>> Btw, which episodes were they communicating *thru* planets?   
   >>   
   >> What part of 'orbit' don't you understand? *   
   >   
   > The Enterprise stays put over the landing party.  Transporter range is way   
   > under geosync.  That's why they're always in a decaying orbit ready to   
   > spiral in at the first sign of trouble.  They aren't so much in orbit as   
   > flying along right over the landing party.   
   >   
   > --   
   >   
   > You Can't Stop the Signal   
   >   
   >   
      
   Psst, "geosynchronous orbit".   
      
   http://www.answers.com/topic/geosynchronous-orbit?method=6   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit   
      
   It's as simple as A(simov) B(radbury) ***C(larke)***.   
      
   -- Ken from Chicago   
      
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