Thread: Another Space Tether Experiment Disaster
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Old September 28th 07, 02:02 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history,sci.space.shuttle,sci.space.station
Pat Flannery
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Default Another Space Tether Experiment Disaster


rjn wrote:
kT wrote:


http://www.kommersant.com/p-11433/Fotino_landing/


Non-responsive.

Also reported at:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0709/25yes2tether/

Looks like they violated the 3rd law of snags:
To review:
1. If it can snag, it will.
2. If it can't snag, it will anyway.
3. If it's supposed to snag, it won't.

So design your tethers to snag.


The NASA PAO could have written this headline:
http://mnweekly.ru/news/20070927/55279053.html ;-)

Pat