Would a space station work at any of these points and would it be a good starting point for a trip to mars.

If you had a choice between a station at an Lagrangian point or a moon station what would it be



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12/7/2006 7:29:10 PM

L2

12/7/2006 7:33:37 PM

Nuclear powerplant for a station at L2?

12/7/2006 7:36:36 PM

LAGRANGE POINTS

12/7/2006 7:36:52 PM

actually Lagrangian Point, Lagrange point, L-point, or libration point will all work

12/7/2006 7:38:56 PM

you already made this thread in the lounge

now it is in chit chat

do you see this one doing any better?

12/7/2006 7:40:48 PM

never heard it called a lagrangeian point. Now lagrangeian function, I have heard.
Can you reference a paper where it's refered to as lagrangeian points?
I'll take your word cause I really don't care.

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12/7/2006 7:40:49 PM

wikipedia?
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wlagran.html (nasa's website)
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMM17XJD1E_index_0.html (ESA's site)

I've always heard Lagrangian

12/7/2006 7:43:16 PM

NASA: These are the same people that say elerudder.
j/k
but OK.

12/7/2006 7:48:26 PM

This is discussed pretty in-depth in all the Gundam manga. Someday we will have large colonies at each Lagrangian point, if they're right.

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12/7/2006 10:42:06 PM

not sure if this thread is only about astrophysics, but I think another possible practical application of lagrangians is in financial model optimization.

12/7/2006 10:51:59 PM

L4 and L5

12/7/2006 11:45:42 PM

I've never heard of lagranian points. This is really interesting.

12/7/2006 11:50:34 PM

I've heard L4 and L5 would be the most ideal place for colonies. Would any of these positions be good for using the Earth's gravity as a sling shot?

12/7/2006 11:54:18 PM

I used to live at L2 but the rent was too high

12/7/2006 11:55:19 PM

L2 would be an awesome place for a couple of telescopes..I think they're actually planning to put one there

12/7/2006 11:59:35 PM

There's already one (a satellite) at L1. It's called Helios, I think.

12/8/2006 12:01:10 AM

There was this time last August where I was at my place at the L3 point and there was a knock at the door. I open it, and there's this cute little girl scout, and she says to me, "How would you like to buy some cookies?" And I said "Well, what kind do you have?" She had thin mints, graham crunchy things, raisin oatmeal, and I said "We'll take a graham crunch. How much will that be?" And she looks at me and she says, "…Uh I need about tree-fitty."

Well, it was about that time that I notice that girl scout was about eight stories tall and was a crustacean from the protozoic era. I said, "Dammit monster! Get off this here L3 point! I ain't giving you no tree-fitty!" It said, "how about just two-fitty?" I said, "Oh, now it's only two-fitty!! What?! Is there a sale on Loch Ness munchies or something?!"

12/8/2006 12:33:55 AM