Re: shuttle disaster
Mike M writes:
> Can you imagine a 100 or a 1000 of these things?
Yes, but why would you need that many?
> Would it be possible to use them to increase the length of a day?
The question makes no sense.
> What would happen when the ribbon broke and came fluttering back to the
> planet's surface?
It would break at the weakest point which would be at the bottom. The
ribbon would not be under tension so it would pretty much just hang there
waiting to be repaired.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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