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   From: mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti.retro.com   
      
   "Leonard C. Robinson"  wrote in message   
   news:aA8%c.138252$Fg5.125421@attbi_s53...   
   > In re orbiting the Moon -- NASA had a problem with so called "MASCONs":   
   mass   
   > of concentration, where the possibility of a Lunar orbiting station may   
   > crash into the Moon. Check the Encylopaedia Astronautica for details,   
   under   
   > the term MASCON.   
      
   Lunar Orbiting Space Station, or LOSS... which would have been a true LOSS!   
   )   
      
   To my way of thinking, L-1 is right next door to the moon.  That ought to be   
   close enough.   
      
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   Regards,   
   Mike Combs   
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