dietz@SLB-DOLL.CSNET (Paul Dietz) (01/07/86)
The Tuesday NY Times's (1/7/86) Science News section's feasture article
is on novel launchers, primarily concentrating on tethers and skyhooks.
The illustration shows a nonsynchronous skyhook. Launch Loops and other
systems are mentioned.
Separately, the paper reports that NOAA-8 has been lost in polar orbit.
NORAD reports detecting debris in its orbit -- a victim of collision with
space junk?
The paper also has an anti-space station editorial ("Adrift in Space",
first editorial page). It supports automated probes instead.