----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 8:09 PM Subject: Re: tech question
> Dan Minette wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 7:32 PM > > Subject: RE: tech question > > > > > OK, I thought he was just asking what the difference in velocities was. > > > Obviously if you are currently in an orbit and just decelerate you begin > > to, > > > well, fall. This could cause all sorts of problems... > > > > Actually, you are always falling while in orbit. :-) > > I think he meant, > > Obviously, if you are currently in an orbit and just decelerate > your orbit begins to, well, decay. This could cause all sorts of > problems... > Actually it only causes one problem, that being that you are going in the wrong direction. <G> xponent Major Tom Maru rob
