henry@hutto.UUCP (Henry Melton) (08/26/89)
Suppose Hip were to adjust its perigee down to 100nm. Then atmospheric resistance would begin to decay the orbit more. This would cause the apogee to decrease. By making corrections regularly to maintain the perigee, the orbit might be circularized at a low enough level so that a rescue might be able to match orbits with it. I realize that this will never happen due to non-technical reasons, however, is there any technical flaw in this suggestion? -- Henry Melton ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!hutto!henry 1-512-8463241 Rt.1 Box 274E Hutto,TX 78634