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Re: Whats wrong with this CIRCUIT (was: Tethered Satellites)

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From: Bronis Vidugiris
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 00:29
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In article <l7ukasINNaem@pollux.usc.edu> srobiner@pollux.usc.edu (Steven Robiner) writes:

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)If the tether has a return line for the power, won't Earth's magnetic
)field induce a current in that line too?  If so, then any return
)current would be negated by this induction.  So how's this
)thing supposed to work?

If the return line were stationary, their wouldn't be any motion to induce
a current/voltage in that line.

I think that's what the plasma connection does - acts like a stationary
wire to complete the circuit.
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Subject: Re: Whats wrong with this CIRCUIT (was: Tethered Satellites)
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