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m4rtink
on April 29, 2023
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Why is it so hard to pull off a lunar landing?
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...
mjevans
on April 29, 2023
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Why not just send robots to build some triangulation towers on the surface instead?
DrOctagon
on April 30, 2023
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Because landing on the moon is hard
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