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To: Red Badger
"Finding a derelict spacecraft at lunar distance that has not been tracked for years is tricky because the moon is riddled with mascons (regions with higher-than-average gravitational pull) that can dramatically affect a spacecraft's orbit over time, and even cause it to have crashed into the moon," JPL notes.

Wonder what lies beneath those mascons? Heavy iron/nickel deposits? Or gold?

9 posted on 03/10/2017 11:08:17 AM PST by roadcat
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10 posted on 03/10/2017 11:10:57 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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