On 02/01/2016 10:16 PM, "Richard Aiken" <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 4:42 AM, Greg Chalik <mrg3105@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> If he asks - Would a sheet of iron rust in a near earth orbit, the suggestion that sheet iron is used in satellite construction should not enter the discussion at all AFAIK
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> The only suggestion that iron was used in satellites was - or at least it appeared so to me and apparently to everyone else except you - to be a JOKE.
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I didn't see anyone laughing...

>> If you don't have the answer, don't give a "near enough is good enough" one, because in space, that will kill you and everyone around you.
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> It wasn't "near enough is good enough."
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> It was "something roughly comparable is all we can find hard data for, so we must extrapolate."
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> Because - you know - nobody uses IRON in NEAR EARTH ORBIT.
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> YET.
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And this isn't a NASA appreciation society either...

Greg C
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