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Space/Science » in reply to NASA Selects Investigations for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

nice

That "CRaTER" thing, though. Why orbit the moon with it? Seems like they only need to get it away from the earth's mag field to get their results, if I understand its function. You would think they would get better results if they kept it away from a large mass. Or is it to create a (incredibly low-res) cosmic ray map of the heavens not obscured by the nearby moon?

Problem with a lunar orbit mission is its limited duration. If they sent it to a LaGrange point, it could stay more or less indefinitely. Or to a solar orbit.

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