Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!haven!grebyn!pat From: pat@grebyn.com (Pat Bahn) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: LDEF capture time change (Forwarded) Message-ID: <14138@grebyn.com> Date: 14 Jan 90 23:38:28 GMT References: <40214@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <9090002@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM> Reply-To: pat@grebyn.UUCP (Pat Bahn) Organization: Grebyn Timesharing, Vienna, VA, USA Lines: 9 The question was why is LDEF so stable? Answer Large permanent magnets installed to maintain orientation to earths B Field. -- ============================================================================= Pat @ grebyn.com | If the human mind was simple enough to understand, 301-948-8142 | We'd be too simple to understand it. =============================================================================