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   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:31:31 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
      
   > On 2025/12/12 16:19:24, v55 wrote:   
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   >> I was surprised to see Luxembourg on the list when I looked it up in   
   >> research for my comment; here's a citation:   
   >> https://luxembourg.public.lu/en/invest/key-sectors/luxembourg-artemis-   
   mission.html   
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   > I yield to your better research ...   
   >>   
   >> It seems that it was more of a "joint effort" sort of deal; the article   
   >> seems a bit unclear as to whether Japan did the launch and Luxembourg   
   >> just gave them some payload to include, or if Japan performed their   
   >> launch from a Luxembourg launch site...or something to that   
   >> effect...but it does seem that Luxembourg-sourced equipment is on the   
   >> moon somewhere.   
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   > ... but I very much doubt there are any launch sites in Luxemb(o)urg!   
   > It's a fairly small, landlocked country.   
      
   Probably not ideal anyway.   
      
   https://public.ksc.nasa.gov/lspeducation/launch-operations/   
      
   My brother was a Vandenberg when they thought they might get the Space   
   Shuttle program. There's one road with an odd road cut through a ridge   
   until you realize it was designed for the Shuttle's wings. Vandenberg   
   ramped down when that fell through but they still do a lot of commercial   
   launches intended for a polar orbit.   
      
   Being 6 degrees closer to the Equator wasn't as much a factor as the   
   better placement for an east-west orbit.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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