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To: banco$ who wrote (36780)7/7/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: banco$  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116790
 
Letter sent to applicable members of U.S. Congress:

Message 10411592



To: banco$ who wrote (36780)7/7/1999 9:17:00 PM
From: d:oug  Respond to of 116790
 
banco$, <<satellites reencounter other half of the meteor storm>>

From what I heard, this <<capacity to disable>> satellites may become
insignificant compared to the after effects.

Currently, as we all know, all space junk is tracked so that active stuff
up there can avoid hitting them. But like a snow ball rolling down a
snowly hill, anything hit up there at the right angle and energy might
not fly outwards or fall to earth, but end up in an orbit, like the shots
from a shotgun, going towards more stuff up there, and if hits more, then
get more ... and more ... until the amount and placement of junk becomes
to dense for tracking and avoiding.

doug