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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 12:08:59 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  8 12:08:59 1985
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From: DIETZ@RUTGERS.ARPA

Someone suggested sending the material  to Earth orbit, then down to
the moon.  the problem with this idea is that you have to stop the payloads
in oribt somehow: either by impact with a very heavy/thick backstop, or
by active techniques (retrorockets?) that make the projectiles expensive.
Hitting the moon seems much simpler.

A point I should also have made clear: the launcher will have to swivel,
since the moon is not geostationary.  One might expect to launch perhaps
30% of the time.  Any orbital mechanicians want to comment?
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