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To: Gamecock

“Bounced 1km and came back down?”

The gravity on this thing might be so slight that you could possibly push off of it and achieve escape velocity, which would probably be bad.


17 posted on 11/13/2014 5:44:29 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: The Antiyuppie

That’s what I’ve been reading.


21 posted on 11/13/2014 5:54:10 PM PST by Gamecock (USA, Ret. 27 years.)
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To: The Antiyuppie

I read somewhere today that firing the harpoons to bounce it to another location was something they were considering as a last resort. There apparently is another instrument — a scoop or something — that could be used in a similar way.


32 posted on 11/13/2014 6:33:16 PM PST by Yardstick
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