From: utzoo!decvax!cca!Paul@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: New Application for Space Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2102 Posted: Fri Jul 16 11:16:30 1982 Received: Sat Jul 17 02:17:11 1982 It occurs to me that experiments on magnetic monopoles may only be possible in 0-g, if current theories are correct. They predict monopoles with very large masses (10^16 Gev) and unit magnetic charge. The forces of an atom on a monopole will be much smaller than the force of gravity, so monopoles will fall out of any matter containing them. Perhaps we can find monopoles in the centers of asteroids? -------