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To: SunkenCiv
Ha!

Ya got me!

Was in the biz for 45 years and don't recall the term. (although I worked earth orbit programs)

10 posted on 11/14/2022 9:34:27 AM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: G Larry

Would you prefer the more inclusive ‘queerlunar’?


11 posted on 11/14/2022 9:41:18 AM PST by lump in the melting pot (Believe nothing until it is denied by the Kremlin)
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To: G Larry

The space program in 1877 was a lot different though...


13 posted on 11/14/2022 10:35:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: G Larry

Bob Farquhar came up with the idea back in ‘69 and called it Halo orbit only, not Near Rectilinear.

Halo orbits work around the stable libration points as well, which is what they did in ‘78 with ISEE.

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/remembering-robert-willard-farquhar


14 posted on 11/14/2022 10:49:35 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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