From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <4003c63a$0$162$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk>,   
   Steen Eiler Jørgensen  wrote:   
   >> Unfortunately, decelerating *into* low Earth orbit is extremely   
   >> expensive in fuel.   
   >   
   >Unless you bring an aeroshell and use aerobraking.   
      
   Yes, that's workable, apart from some lingering technical uncertainties   
   (it's nothing like the gradual multi-pass aerobraking that's now fairly   
   standard, and there are real concerns about things like density variation   
   in the upper atmosphere).   
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