[FPSPACE] Firefly? (was Re: Italiamir)

Dwayne Allen Day wayneday@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
Sun, 22 Oct 2000 09:57:53 -0400 (EDT)


On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 JamesOberg@aol.com wrote:

> I wish they had gotten the "Firefly" electrodynamic tether launched and 
> deployed, it's good for at least partial anti-drag reboost. 

Is there a point at which tethers are no longer viable?  If an object gets
too low in the atmosphere, is the drag too great for a low-thrust system
like a tether to overcome?



DDAY