Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!REM@MIT-MC From: REM%MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re:comsat too smooth to latch onto, and spinning too fast Message-ID: <16645@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 18:30:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16645 Posted: Sat Feb 11 18:30:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 04:09:55 EST Lines: 8 From: Robert Elton MaasIf 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?