Gravity Wells at Lagrange Points Provide Parking for Spacecraft
Sunday Gazette-Mail › July 20, 2009
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WASHINGTON - Nature has provided five huge rest stops far out in space for the convenience of spacecraft traveling from Earth.
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Gravity Wells at Lagrange Points Provide Parking for Spacecraft
They're unusual locations where gravity loses its pull and a spaceship can loiter, rather like a marble at the bottom of a cup, without using a lot of fuel. Three of them ...
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