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From: dwp@inmet.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Re: Space tether
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Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 00:57:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 22 00:57:30 1984
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Nf-From: inmet!dwp    Aug 13 08:55:00 1984

There is a new(??) novel out that covers the "tethered satellite"
approach very well, it's "The Fall of Anansi", by Pournelle and
G-somebody.  The plot was a shuttle carrying a load of wonder-fiber
from an L-5 factory is disabled by sabotage in low-earth orbit, and
they use the wonder-fiber and some snazzy physics to get down.  More
than this is a spoiler.
					David Pachura
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