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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Skyhooks, tethers, and kites.
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Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 14:19:25 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  2 14:19:25 1986
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> With all the interest in skyhooks and tethers, I'm inspired to ask "How about
> a kite?"  Is there enough gas streaming off the earth or the sun to catch in
> a kite? ...

Alas, it won't work.  There is little gas emission from Earth's atmosphere,
and the solar wind is much too thin to be useful for this.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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