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Subject: Space fishing lure
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 13:04:41 EDT
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From: Nicholas.Spies@cmu-cs-h.arpa

	 Wouldn't hanging a probe into a cloud of charged particles be
	 akin to Franklin's kite-fly (upside-down)? If the tether were
	 conductive the probe might create a voltage differential with
	 possibly shocking results!