From: bondage@frontiernet.net   
      
   Alex Terrell wrote:   
   >   
   > Works with water skiing.   
   >   
   > I wonder what sort of performance you could get out of it?   
   >   
   > How about electrically winching in the space craft. If the tow plane   
   > travels at Mach 1, and the cable is winched in at Mach 1, you have a   
   > Mach 2 launch speed. You'd need a long cable and a very fast reeler.   
      
      
      An electric winch that can pull something in at Mach 1? Think about   
   that.....   
      
      ...and think about Newton's Third Law. The towing plane will be   
   slowed to some extent, as well.   
      
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