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it makes a nice shield from high energy particles and light though.
jim

From: Deborah Rorabaugh <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2011 8:04 AM
Subject: RE: [SHADO] Re: ...and the space junk issue gets worse and worse...


 
Maybe even a small planet. I mean, I know my orbital mechanics is a bit
rusty, but as I recall there IS a large gravitational body nearby - Earth
(not to mention the Moon). The real problem is that all these objects have
pretty high inertial energy and momentum that keeps them from falling out of
orbit in a reasonable time.

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James Gibbon
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 7:54 AM
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Subject: [SHADO] Re: ...and the space junk issue gets worse and worse...

On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 18:05:22 -0700 (PDT)
"." <[hidden email] <mailto:aquaboi%40sbcglobal.net> > wrote:

> most of the space debris isnt magnetic. to avoid static
> charges. but somethng of a great mass would attract them, maybe
> a balloon filled with water. then i would cluster and fall to
> earth harmlessly except for short term fireballs.. jim
>

That would have to be a very, very big balloon indeed - with at
least the surface area of a small country, I think.

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