From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   derek_c@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:   
   > So the most ecologically sound way to attack an orbiting satellite   
   > would be to use a small unmanned tug to match orbits with it then   
   > deorbit it.   
      
   > The victim burns up in the Earth's atmosphere, along with all the   
   > evidence that you shot it down!   
      
   Unless of course the satelite being brought-down has the timerity to   
   either not burn-up completely, or perhaps act as a heat-shield for the   
   small unmanned tug that caused it to de-orbit :)   
      
   rick jones   
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