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Old 05-April-2008, 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by NEOWatcher View Post
I'm not quite sure what you are referring to, but I was responding to the existing stuff you mentioned in Earth orbit, and anything in a similar situation that would normally remain in Earth orbit.

For discarded items that are already headed for the moon. I would agree that deorbiting them to a common area on the moon makes sense. Even if theres no (near term) future practical use for it, at least it wouldn't be cluttering up many areas of the moon.
When you send things to the moon, do you send them on a straight line from Earth or do you orbit the planet a few times before flinging off toward the moon?
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