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- From: nickh@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: `skipping' off an atmosphere
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 17:36:44 GMT
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- What does this term mean? Is it just a failed re-entry mode where your
- perigee is too large so you leave the atmosphere again (with a smaller
- apogee due to retardation)? Or is it more complex and something to do
- with hot gases?
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- Replies by email, then I'll summarize.
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- Nick Haines nickh@cmu.edu
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