[verga]

Low earth orbits decay. Others may not. Take the Moon for instance, it is getting further away and may someday get tossed off totally.

So 1969 was pretty much the optimum time to go. If we waited much longer.....

[SampleMan]

So 1969 was pretty much the optimum time to go. If we waited much longer.....

It is ~43" further away now than it was in 1969. We should have gone in 10,000 BC. Then we could have used the Saturn IV.