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Re: [AV Media Matters] Detailed look at history of sticky tapesyndrome
Stuart
I am in Boston and will answer your request later this week. I will
point out that I was on the NASA team that solved the Galileo tape
problem. It was NOT sticky-shed. It was a case of smooth (aka worn)
sections of tape stopping on an ultra-smooth sapphire cylinder. The
air wrings out and the two surfaces cling to each other. These are
called Vanderwal (sp?) forces.
Jim Wheeler