On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:52:36 Jim Windle wrote:

I recently read, and will look for the citiation, a proposal for an extendable tether which would be used to de-orbit satellites after their maneuvering fuel was used up.

This is what I saw originally but a search turned it up and it does clarify the legal issue. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.01/mustread.html?pg=12 Jim Windle Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com