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| Attaching conductive cable to orbital ob |
| 20 Feb 06 01:23:20 |
From: rhnl@exoptica.com A heavy, lengthy--say 20-30 km long--conductive cable attacjed to an Earth orbiting object (the Shuttle), tests have shown a considerable electric charge being generated as the cable speeds through Earth's electromagnetic field, question is: Would the cable's mass and extension (length) decay or other wise modify the object's orbit over time? (also consider an asteroid or comet with a cable attached as a hypthetical scenario.) R. Henry Nigl www.exoptica.com --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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