Xref: utzoo sci.space:8745 sci.space.shuttle:2162 sci.physics:5058 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!ames!pasteur!agate!garnet.berkeley.edu!maniac From: maniac@garnet.berkeley.edu (George W. Herbert) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle,sci.physics Subject: Re: A Question about a HEO manned space station Message-ID: <17976@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 7 Dec 88 22:42:58 GMT References: <1073@galaxy> <4429@homxc.UUCP> <2121@garth.UUCP> <401907a2.5e37@dl5e37.engin.umich.edu> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: na Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 11 Summary:metric conversions Sender:george william herbert(maniac) Followup-To:maniac@garnet.berkeley.edu In article <401907a2.5e37@dl5e37.engin.umich.edu> sheppard@caen.engin.umich.edu (Kenneth Charles Sheppardson) writes: > >LEO <=> 100-500 nautical miles ( 200-1000 km ) > >HEO <=> >500 nautical miles ( >1000 km ) pardon, but since when is 500 miles=1000 km? even nautical miles... really, 500 nm=925 km (close, but no cigar?...) -george william herbert