Can't this crap be moved to the politics list
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: robin <robin@roblimo.com>
Reply-To: slug@nks.net
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 09:30:35 -0400
>
>> To get anything into orbit, it has to meet and maintain 'escape
>> velocity' after it has reached its orbital path. For LEO, this
is
>> approx. 7 miles per second.
>
>Maybe after I talk the International Astrophysical Union into
lowering a
>geosynchronous orbit from 22,241 miles out to a more manageable
(in
>terms of latency) 1000 miles or so, perhaps I can get them to
reduce
>escape velocity to, say, 2 miles per second. :)
>
>- Robin
>
>
>
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