[117347] in Cypherpunks
Re: tethers as antennae?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jean-Francois Avon)
Wed Sep 1 00:20:45 1999
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From: "Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>
To: "Cypherpunks" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:53:25 -0400
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Reply-To: "Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 03:38:51 +0200 (CEST),
Mr "physics teacher's wet dream name" wrote:
>Tethered objects in space are being studied by NASA and less
>Can someone more familiar with RF (and perhaps
>orbital mechanics) inform the list about the
>reception potential of a 2 mile wire in space?
Aren't they also used to generate high voltages?
>Newton Maxwell
:-)
Ciao
jfa