<h2>AAS 97-117</h2>
<h2>FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ATTITUDE MOTIONS OF A VARIABLE  MASS CYLINDER                                                                      </h2>
<h4> T. C. Mao and F. O. Eke, University of California-Davis                                                                                                                  </h4>
<h2> Abstract </h2>
 This paper presents an in-depth study of the free altitude motions of a rocket type  system that is initially a solid right cylinder, and that loses mass continuously  as it moves around in space.