Bob Christy wrote: > There's nothing new in this business: > http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/Cosmos149.php So true. Here is another example, I like: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=AD0109523 Accession Number : AD0109523 Title : THE DESCENT OF AN EARTH-SATELLITE THROUGH THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE Descriptive Note : Technical memo. Corporate Author : ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT FARNBOROUGH (UNITED KINGDOM) Personal Author(s) : King-Hele, D. G. Report Date : AUG 1956 It's almost entirely a mathematical paper, but the introduction is very down to Earth: "Now that earth-satellites are emerging from the domain of fancy into the colder climate of reality, the citizens who live beneath their orbits will be asking sharper questions about the satellites' probable behaviour when, under the prolonged action of air drag, they come down to earth. A 20 lb satellite seems trivial enough, but the average householder might be somewhat daunted at the prospect of a 20 ton satellite, red-hot, landing in his garden." Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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