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   Henry Spencer to Zoltan Szakaly   
   Re: Moving Hubble to 51.6 degrees (near    
   26 Jan 04 03:25:24   
   
   From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <58866faa.0401242246.27ead6c6@posting.google.com>,   
   Zoltan Szakaly  wrote:   
   >Since the hubble is already in orbit, you could easily move it with a   
   >solar powered electric propulsion package, having an Isp of 100,000 or   
   >something.   
      
   Except there are no Isp=100,000 electric thrusters.  Try 5,000 or so.   
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