Re: Re[2]: Mirror in space

Douglas Gray (dhgray1@hotmail.com)
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:16:41 GMT

I would be grateful if anyone could tell me how I can receive the emails 
through a digest rather than individual messages.  As there are so many, 
they are cloggin up my inbox.

Thanks

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>Jim Varney wrote:
>
>>IMHO the Leonids are overrated as a danger to spacecraft.  Even if the 
>>great 1966 display of 100,000 meteors per hour is repeated, the actual 
flux 
>>of meteors is surprisingly thin.  I did a very rough calculation and 
found 
>>that 100,000 meteors per hour works out to less than one meteor per 
square 
>>mile at LEO heights.
>
>>So my guess is the thin mylar mirror will end up with a few holes but 
won't 
>>be destroyed.
>
>I agree with Jim's assesment of the Leonid "threat".  There's an awful 
lot of
>space up there, and satellites (even Mir) are pretty small targets on 
that
>scale.
>
>>Even though I don't think the meteoroids will be the demise of the 
mirror, 
>>I would still like to see this monstrosity fail.  This project is an 
>>example of gross light pollution and we should all condemn it as such.  
My 
>>wish will be for the mylar to be hopelessly ripped and tangled when 
>>unfurled.  Then I'll join you on the floor for a good laugh!
>
>Agreed 100 percent!!  This is a just plain stupid idea, and the threat 
to
>ground-based astronomy would be very real if this hare-brained scheme 
were to
>gain an ounce of credibility.  thankfully I hear that there are 
bankroll
>problems which may ground the development of this plan.  I don't mind 
the
>occasional -8 mag Iridium flare, but to have a -14 mag steady beacon 
beaming
>down would certainly ruin my night....
>
>Geoff
>
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