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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (33588)	11/12/1998 1:10:00 PM
From: Barbara Barry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

Gersh, Thanks.I guess I have an overactive imagination when I think about was COULD happen.<VBG> Regards, Barbara

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (33588)	11/12/1998 1:40:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

Read a short piece on that. I can't remember the sizes, but these particles are very small. They won't take out a satellite, as in demolishing one. The problem is they are travelling very, very fast relatively speaking. What they will do when they hit is pit the surfaces of the satellites. This can interfere with the more delicate electronics. 10% probability of hit is a very high probability for one satellite if that's what the estimate was. I think there are hundreds up there.