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Moon is indeed hard to orbit (without constant course corrections) due to its lumpy gravitational field:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_concentration_(astronom...




Why not just send robots to build some triangulation towers on the surface instead?


Because landing on the moon is hard




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