From: schillin@spock.usc.edu   
      
   tmcd@panix.com (Tim McDaniel) writes:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >Henry Spencer  wrote:   
   >>And doing aerocapture -- shedding a *lot* of velocity with a single   
   >>pass, using a heatshield and active control -- is rather iffy ...   
   >>Nobody's used aerocapture even for Mars, yet.   
      
   >Mars Climate Orbiter.   
      
   That was lithocapture :-)   
      
      
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