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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. rick jones -- Wisdom Teeth are impacted, people are affected by the effects of events. these opinions are mine, all mine; HPE might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hpe.com but NOT BOTH... |
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