The Space Tether ExperimentNASA 'UNTETHERED SATELLITE,' TRAILING 12-MILE TETHER
NOW INTENSELY GLOWING "...LIKE A NEON SIGN,"
SPACE RESEARCH GROUP SAYS "EACH NEW SURPRISE -- AFTER
BIZARRE ACCIDENT IN SPACE" --
ONLY ADDS CONFIRMATION TO OUR MODEL" ---------- And this 12 mile wire is acting like a direct short between two layers of this vast, highly electrified plasma space environment'... which exists about 200 miles above the surface of the planet, where the shuttle and satellite are currently orbiting.
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