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Re: MARS HYBRID DESIGN II (First Draft)

To: Brian Mansur <bmansur@oc.edu>
Subject: Re: MARS HYBRID DESIGN II (First Draft)
From: kgstar@most.fw.hac.com (Kelly Starks x7066 MS 10-39)
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 11:43:09 -0500
Cc: David <David@interworld.com>, Kelly Starks x7066 MS 10-39 <kgstar@most.fw.hac.com>, Brian Mansur <bmansur@oc.edu>, hous0042 <hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu>, KellySt <KellySt@aol.com>, lparker <lparker@destin.gulfnet.com>, rddesign <rddesign@wolfenet.com>, Steve VanDevender <stevev@efn.org>, "T.L.G.vanderLinden" <T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl>

At 10:21 AM 3/5/96, Brian Mansur wrote:
>Brian 10:15 CT 3/5/96
>
>>Kelly Starks x7066 MS 10-39 wrote:
>> Pluto moves MUCH faster than Earth.  Your mirror would quickly move out of
>> the beam.  even if the beam was larger than Earths orbit.
>
>>David
>>Pluto's mean orbital velocity is 4.74 km/sec.
>>Earth's mean orbital velocity is 29.79 km/sec.
>
>Why is the mean orbital velocity of Pluto 4.74 compared to a much larger
>29.79.  Did you get the numbers mixed up.   I'm confused.

So am I.  This does fit with my understanding and exerience with orbital
mechanics.

Kelly


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Sr. Systems Engineer
Magnavox Electronic Systems Company
(Magnavox URL: http://www.fw.hac.com/external.html)

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