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From: carroll@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: StarDate: October 25 Tethered S
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Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 16:30:00 EST
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU!carroll    Nov 12 15:30:00 1985


You could use it to boost to a higher orbit; just put some ion engines
on the satellite, and use the electricity gained to boost. You get the
energy from the Earth's rotation, so it would make the day slightly
longer (snicker). This was the subject of a story in Analog not too long
ago; unfortunately I don't remember the title or issue. It concerned a
space station constructed of two rafts of Shuttle ET's, tethered. (Made
a nice place to land, since there was a small effective gravity on
either end).