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   From: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk   
      
   In article <64c0d119.0311270732.4c84ac86@posting.google.com>,   
   Explorer8939 wrote:   
   > There may be a lot of magic involved in that operation. In many ways,   
   > the scenario is amazingly similar to the Skylab rescue plan, that   
   > would have used a teleoperated servicer to change the orbit of Skylab.   
   > We all know how that worked out.   
      
   Uh, yes; we know that the teleoperated servicer was never built and the   
   scheduled reboost mission never flew.   
      
   The reason for this isn't any intrinsic flaw with the concept - there   
   are possible niggles, but there's plenty of time to work on them and   
   we've got 25 years of orbital maintenance experience to do it with - but   
   more the fact that Skylab turned out, er, not to be there any more.   
      
   Not the best way to demonstrate that reboost missions are in some way   
   known to be problematic, unless you're suggesting there's some kind of   
   Solar Flux Karma going on...   
      
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