In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:52:31 -0400: Hi, [snip] >None the less the voltage they were insulating against is the thing >we're interested in here. I also recall seeing claims that it was the >earth gradient at fault but I didn't think that was considered >conclusive -- and, in fact, I thought the expected value of the earth >gradient was swamped by computed values for the dynamo effect. But I >could be all wet.
Maybe they shorted the lower Van Allen belt to the upper atmosphere? (I have no idea how long the tether was). [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
