far as counting techniques are concerned.

I think that a lot can be done.

As a matter of fact in the early days,

at least with some of the work done with Junge's samples, we have been able to suggest things and see a lot of
improvement in some of their results.

I think that there is some hope that, whatever we talk about as a limit,

whether it is a 1~micron particle, or whatever, if it were proven valuable and worth while, microprobe analyses
could be greatly improved by applying some of the knowledge gained in low-level counting.
Floor:
There was a statement about re-entry vehicles burning up at certain altitudes.

Can you restate that?

Dr. Friend:
I said that, as far as I have been able to determine, the mesophere is where the peak burnup occurs,
Floor:
I don't think you would find general agreement on that.
Dr. Friend:
This is where they would like to plan to have it burn up.
Floor:
How are you defining the mesophere?
Dr. Friend:
Fifty to eighty kilometers.
Floor:
This is far above any place where any normal re-entry vehicle would burn up.

Dr. Friend:
The burnup is actually lower than 50 kilometers?
Floor:
Yes, 30 kilometers or less,
Dr. Friend:
For things like SNAP we are talking about a 1-degree entry angle at 25,000 feet per second.
Floor:
This is fine, but you have to do something pretty drastic to make something burn up at 80 kilometers.

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