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Re: Troop Capacity

From: Jerry Han <jhan@i...>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:55:47 -0400
Subject: Re: Troop Capacity

Just a quick note, since I should be configuring an Apache Web
server... (8-)

Thomas Barclay wrote:
> 
> Richard spake thusly upon matters weighty:
> > Orbital mechanics are.. Low orbit is anything above the atmosphere,
> 
> What are orbits just inside the atmosphere (outer layers)? Other than
> short term...are they not also Low Orbits?

Yeah, though since the Atmosphere/Space interface is fuzzy, maybe
you should just define low orbit as an orbit where an object in
that orbit will stay up for 'a little while', i.e. where the
atmosphere has a small to minimal effect.  

(Isn't the formal def'n of LEO for Earth anything below the 
Van Allen belts?  Anybody who does anything with space stuff
care to comment?  Indy? )

J.

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