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From: sew@minn-ua.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Thoughts on Westar/Palapa - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 13:34:26 EST
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minn-ua!sew    Feb  9 11:20:00 1984

Grabbing Westar/Palapa seems like the greatest problem.  Once it has been
grabbed, it can be brought down and refurbished (and wait forever for another
shuttle slot).  Fixing it on the ground should be rather easy, merely expensive
and time consuming ($10M for another launch).  Fixing in orbit would be an
experiment.  There is another alternative:  put something in orbit which can
push them into position (oops, have to develop it first).