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January 16th 13, 05:31 PM
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What could possibly go wrong?
On Jan 15, 2:37*pm, Peter von Tresckow wrote:
Ralph Jones wrote: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/82160 Aero tow is too expensive. NASA should build a giant Pwinch. 80,000' winch run should be enough *to get it close to 40k :-) Pete Lets see....that's 1280 lbs of 1/4 in. Spectra. With cable droop, no tall obstacle for on15.0 miles. (Bonneville Salt flats or borrow fifteen miles of interstate?) And engineers, how many h.p. winch to pull 245 tons? (Electric/Diesel locomotive engine?) Still sounds more appealing than 747 wake turbulence. Karen 
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