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From: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Reentry blackout (was Re: Space Program-related acronyms)
Keywords: plasma frequency
Message-ID: <14545@bfmny0.UUCP>
Date: 13 Aug 89 23:01:40 GMT
References: <135@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU> <298@opus.NMSU.EDU> <1015@accuvax.nwu.edu> <14531@bfmny0.UUCP> <1989Aug12.005558.6729@cs.rochester.edu>
Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff)
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My thanks to Peter and Paul [where's Mary?!] for the TDRS/plasma/blackout
explanations.  The physics sounds a bit strange (why does it matter which
side of the transmitter the plasma ball is on?) and I'm not sure how
TDRS picks up an omni at that distance, but as long as it works...
-- 
"We walked on the moon --	((	Tom Neff
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