From: maury_markowitz@hotmail.com   
      
   rhnl wrote:   
   > 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.)   
      
      Well yes, of course.   
      
      So what you do is put current INTO the wire, generating thrust and   
   boosting it back up.   
      
   Maury   
      
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