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Subject: Levitating Death Stars
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Date: Fri, 17-Jun-83 21:21:59 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 17 21:21:59 1983
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From:  Craig Stanfill 

It is probably a little silly to go trying to figure this stuff out;
5 will get you 10 Lucas himself neither knows but cares.

But I can't resist.  If I were building a Deathstar, and wanted to
have a stationary force-shield generator under me all the time, I
would build it at the L5 point near a moon rotationally synchronized
with its primary.  This would work;  the Deathstar would be in a stable
orbit, and always directly 'above' the projector.  Is there any evidence
which would support or refute this?  Does it really matter? (probably not).