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   in article npudnR6xTJamasLeRVn-uQ@comcast.com, Ken from Chicago at   
   kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net wrote on 10/26/05 2:38 PM:   
      
   >   
   > "ANIM8Rfsk"  wrote in message   
   > news:BF852AFE.59453%ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net...   
   >> in article XJSdnfg9RLsaNsLeRVn-rA@comcast.com, Ken from Chicago at   
   >> kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net wrote on 10/26/05 9:15 AM:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> "Paul Vader"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:11lv4326h980v85@news.supernews.com...   
   >>>> "Ken from Chicago"  writes:   
   >>>>> Btw, which episodes were they communicating *thru* planets?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What part of 'orbit' don't you understand? *   
   >>>> --   
   >>>> * PV   something like badgers--something like lizards--and something   
   >>>> like corkscrews.   
   >>>   
   >>> What part of "geosynchronous orbit" don't you understand?   
   >>>   
   >>> -- Ken from Chicago   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> The TOS ship is NOT in geosync.  Transporter range is well below it.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >>   
   >> You Can't Stop the Signal   
   >   
   > Hmm, apparently I'm the one who didn't understand that a geosynchronous   
   > orbit is a specified distance from a body based on its volume and mass.   
   >   
   > A powered orbit is possible that syncs up with the planet's rotation so that   
   > the ship remains "stationary" relative to a site on the planet's surface.   
      
   Yep.  That's exactly what the Big E is doing.  :-)   
   >   
   > -- Ken from Chicago (who looks up recipes for crow and feet)   
      
   Nah.  It's a strange concept.  And people have been bitching for 40 years   
   about the Big E spiraling in as soon as they lose power, when, in fact, they   
   got that part exactly right.   
      
   --   
      
   You Can't Stop the Signal   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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