[amsat-bb] Re: Could we raise orbit thru magnetorque?

[Jari]

> 
> All,
> 
> So why is the maglev principle (magnetic levitation)
> http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&q=maglev&meta=
> not applicable in space?
> 
> Magnetic levitation applied to trains generates an upward force equal and
> opposite to the earth's gravitation.
> 
> BR,
> --
There are no steel rails up in the sky... ;-)

-jari oh3uw