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From: dietz@SLB-DOLL.CSNET (Paul Dietz)
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Subject: Tuesday N.Y. Times
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Date: Tue, 7-Jan-86 12:42:18 EST
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The Tuesday NY Times's (1/7/86) Science News section's feasture article
is on novel launchers, primarily concentrating on tethers and skyhooks.
The illustration shows a nonsynchronous skyhook.  Launch Loops and other
systems are mentioned.

Separately, the paper reports that NOAA-8 has been lost in polar orbit.
NORAD reports detecting debris in its orbit -- a victim of collision with
space junk?

The paper also has an anti-space station editorial ("Adrift in Space",
first editorial page).  It supports automated probes instead.