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Japanese tether never came unglued.



 
 
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Old February 6th 17, 10:35 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Rick Jones[_6_]
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Default Japanese tether never came unglued.

http://spaceflightnow.com/2017/02/06...ent-flounders/

The article talks about the tether having a thin coating of a
"lubricant" intended to encourage current flow. Also gets into how
tether experiements thusfar haven't been all that successful,
mentioning two, Shuttle-based efforts in the 1990s.

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