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Subject: Re:comsat too smooth to latch onto, and spinning too fast
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Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 18:30:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 11 18:30:00 1984
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From:  Robert Elton Maas 

If an astronaut can find even one place to latch onto the antenna or
whatever, perhaps with gentle anti-torque force the satellite can be
gradually slowed down in spinrate? Or maybe drape a large net over it
and let brushing with the net equalize spinrates between net and
satellite, then the astronaut can latch onto the net instead of the
satellite directly for despinning it?