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From: leech@tlab1.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech)
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Subject: Re: space news from Sept 5 AW&ST
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In article <1988Oct21.030358.2561@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>LDEF retrieval is set for late next year, which leaves little margin for
>trouble, as LDEF reentry is predicted for early 1990.

    Well, heck, this gives us a chance to catch up with the Soviets in
at least one area - large satellites undergoing uncontrollable
reentry. Unfortunately we don't have a nuclear reactor on board,
though.
--
    Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu)    __@/
    ``After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be
      resting yourself as to see all the other fellows busy working.''
	- Kenneth Grahame, _The Wind in the Willows_