Fulton Skyhook et al; fun with Physics

[gkainz]

I stumbled across this link while digging for the Fulton Recovery System on google ... interesting physics exercise that I remember from Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Greenjeans one morning long, long ago... Edit - was Mr. Greenjeans jeans really green? I only saw him on a B&W TV...
http://www.wotmania.com/messageboard4showmessage.asp?MessageID=35774

Here's another good detailed description of the Fulton Skyhook
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200410/ai_n9445607

 

[Flyboy]

Just as an adendom, Nate Saint and 3 other missionaries were speared to death in January 1956 after making ground contact with natives.