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Re:NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving on from ... by ch4s3 on Monday December 07, 2015 @04:27PM (#10692837)
LEO is an orbit around Earth with an altitude between 160 kilometers (99 mi), and 2,000 kilometers (1,200 mi) The moon is on average 384,400 kilometers (238,900 miles) away. The Moon(ish) is where NASA is headed, LEO is what they're leaving behind.
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